HOEKSTRA v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. NO. 283

No. 96-1785.

103 F.3d 624 (1996)

Rebecca HOEKSTRA, by and through her parents, John and Sandra HOEKSTRA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, NO. 283, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sonja D. Kerr, St.Paul, MN, argued (William Welp, Inver Grove Heights, MN, on brief), for appellant.

Susan E. Torgerson, St. Paul, MN, argued (Timothy R. Palmatier, St. Paul, MN, on brief), for appellee.

Before BEAM, LAY and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Circuit Judge.

Rebecca Hoekstra is a fourteen-year-old Minnesota public school student who suffers from achondroplasia and a central auditory processing disfunction. These physical disabilities qualify her for special education in her school district, Independent School District No. 283 (the District). Rebecca, by and through her parents, John and Sandra Hoekstra (the Hoekstras), filed suit in federal district court...

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