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ROWLEY v. BD. OF ED. OF HENDRICK HUDSON, ETC.

No. 1105, Docket 80-7098.

632 F.2d 945 (1980)

Amy ROWLEY, by her parents and natural guardians, Clifford and Nancy Rowley, and Clifford and Nancy Rowley, in their own right, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, Westchester County, and the Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond G. Kuntz, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Teresa K. Kuntz and Kuntz & Spletzer, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on the brief), for defendant-appellant Board of Education.

Paul E. Sherman, Jr., Albany, N.Y. (Jean M. Coon, Albany, N.Y., on the brief), for defendant-appellant Commissioner of Education.

Michael A. Chatoff, Jamaica, N.Y., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Diane Shisk, Seymour Dubow and Marc Charmatz, Washington, D.C.; Thomas K. Gilhool, Frank J. Laski and Beverly Lucas, Philadelphia, Pa., filed a brief amici curiae for The National Association of the Deaf, Gallaudet College, and The American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities.

Norman H. Gross and McGivern, Shaw & O'Connor, Albany, N.Y., filed a brief amicus curiae for The New York State School Boards Association.

Before MANSFIELD and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This case is about Amy. She is eight years old. She is deaf and has been since birth. She needs a sign language interpreter in her classroom to enable her to have the same educational opportunity as her classmates. The district court, Vincent L. Broderick, District Judge, held that she is entitled by law to have such an interpreter. We agree and accordingly we affirm the judgment of the district court.

Amy Rowley presently is enrolled at...

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