JACKSON v. FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL BD.

No. 86-4279 Summary Calendar.

806 F.2d 623 (1986)

James Edward JACKSON, A Minor Joined By His Mother, Lillie R. Thompson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, Wanda Gandy, Robert Kimbrough, Larry Alford, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie L. Rose, Atty., Southwest Mississippi Legal Services, McComb, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

W.H. McGehee, Meadville, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before REAVLEY, JOHNSON and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs, James Edward Jackson, a handicapped child, and his mother, Mrs. Lillie Thompson, brought this action under the Education of Handicapped Children Act (EHA), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1401-1454, and the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that James had been unlawfully excluded from defendant Franklin County Schools. We reverse and remand.

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