ROBINSON v. PINDERHUGHES

No. 85-1370.

810 F.2d 1270 (1987)

Charles ROBINSON and Rita Harrington, Appellants, v. Alice G. PINDERHUGHES, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Baltimore City Public Schools, individually and in her official capacity, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winifred R. DePalma, Maryland Disability Law Center (Eleanor Montgomery, David F. Chavkin, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellants.

Frank C. Derr, Asst. City Sol. (Elise Jude Mason, Chief City Sol., Ronald A. Karasic, Asst. City Sol., Benjamin L. Brown, City Sol., Ambrose T. Hartman, Deputy City Sol., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs, a handicapped child and his mother, sued the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Baltimore City Public Schools, alleging a denial of rights created for them by the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA), 20 U.S.C. § 1400, et seq. and Maryland education law, Md.Educ.Code Ann. § 8-401, et seq. Essentially, their claim is that Charles Robinson was denied a free appropriate public education when the city school system...

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