PETER W. v. SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCH. DIST.

Docket No. 36851.

60 Cal.App.3d 814 (1976)

131 Cal. Rptr. 854

PETER W., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

August 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Susanne Martinez and Peter B. Sandmann for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Thomas M. O'Connor, City Attorney, and Burk E. Delventhal, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

RATTIGAN, J.

The novel — and troublesome — question on this appeal is whether a person who claims to have been inadequately educated, while a student in a public school system, may state a cause of action in tort against the public authorities who operate and administer the system. We hold that he may not.

The appeal reaches us upon plaintiff's first amended...

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