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IRVING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. v. TATRO

No. 83-558.

468 U.S. 883 (1984)

IRVING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT v. TATRO ET UX., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIENDS OF TATRO, A MINOR

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided July 5, 1984

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Deatherage argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was O. Glenn Weaver.

James C. Todd argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps et al. by Marilyn Holle; for the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate by Joseph H. Rodriguez, Herbert D. Hinkle, and Michael L. Perlin; for the New York State Commission on the Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, Protection and Advocacy System, by Herbert Semmel and Minna J. Kotkin; and for the Spina Bifida Association of America et al. by Janet F. Stotland.

Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the American Association of School Administrators by Allen D. Schwartz; and for the National School Boards Association by Gwendolyn H. Gregory, August W. Steinhilber, and Thomas A. Shannon.

CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to determine whether the Education of the Handicapped Act or the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires a school district to provide a handicapped child with clean intermittent catheterization during school hours.

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Amber Tatro is an 8-year-old girl born with a defect known as spina bifida. As a result, she suffers from orthopedic...

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