PUFFER v. RAYNOLDS

Civ. A. No. 87-1325-MA.

761 F.Supp. 838 (1988)

In re Jane PUFFER, Martha Hoo, Rebecca Myers, Linda Crescenzi and Peter Manning, as they constitute the School Committee of the Town of Bedford, Plaintiffs, v. Harold J. RAYNOLDS, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Education, and Lynne C., Defendants, v. Jane PUFFER, Martha Hoo, Rebecca Myers, Linda Crescenzi and Peter Manning, In Their Official and Individual Capacities, and Rory Liebman, Joan DiClemente, Joan De George-Schirmer, and Thomas Duggan, Individually and as Agents of the Bedford School Committee, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

Opinion on Motion for Extension of Time October 31, 1988.

Opinion on Motion for Final Judgment December 27, 1988.

Opinion on Motion for Reconsideration February 15, 1989.

Final Opinion June 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Fraser, Stoneman, Chandler and Miller, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Joanne Fray, Lexington, Mass., for Lynne C.

Lisa A. Levy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., for state defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MAZZONE, District Judge.

I.

This is a case concerning the education of Lynne C. in the Bedford Public schools. At the end of the 1985-86 academic year, Lynne C., then a senior, was issued a high school diploma. She contends that the issuance of this diploma, and the events leading up to it, was a violation of her rights under federal and state law to obtain special education services in the public schools of the Commonwealth...

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