HARRISON v. STATE OF MICHIGAN

Civ. A. No. 38357.

350 F.Supp. 846 (1972)

Benjamin HARRISON, by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Harrison, et al. v. STATE OF MICHIGAN et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, S. D.

October 30, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Newman and Alan Houseman, Michigan Legal Services, Detroit, Mich., Paul R. Dimond, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., of counsel, for plaintiffs.

George McCargar, Jr., Lansing, Mich., George T. Roumell, Jr., Detroit, Mich., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOINER, District Judge.

This action is brought by eleven (11) children and one (1) adult, and by their parents, who allege they have been denied access to the public schools of Michigan because of alleged mental, behavioral, physical, or emotional handicaps. The plaintiffs further assert that the denial of access to public education is a denial of equal protection under the United States Constitution, and that procedures used...

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