T.F. v. SPECIAL SCHOOL DIST. ST. LOUIS CO.

No. 05-1765.

449 F.3d 816 (2006)

T.F.; G.F.; S.F., a minor, by his mother and next friend, G.F., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY; Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 2, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Michael A. Gross of St. Louis, Missouri.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of appellee Special School District was Robert G. Thomeczek of St. Louis, Missouri. Counsel who presented argument on behalf of appellee Missouri Department of Education was Sarah E. Ledgerwood of Jefferson City, Missouri. Also appearing on the brief was Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, McMILLIAN and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Chief Judge.

The parents of S.F., a student with educational disabilities, unilaterally placed their son in out-of-state private residential schools after the Special School District of St. Louis ("the District") refused to place S.F. in a full-time residential program. The family commenced these proceedings seeking relief under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act ("IDEA"), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq., on the ground that the District...

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