DOE v. ALABAMA STATE DEPT. OF EDUC.

No. 89-7527.

915 F.2d 651 (1990)

Mr. DOE and Mrs. Doe, as parents and next friend of John Doe, a Handicapped minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The ALABAMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; Wayne Teague, its Superintendent; Ann Ramsey, its Program for Exceptional Children Coordinator; Anita Hardin; Gerald S. Leischuck, Defendants, the Auburn City Board of Education; its Superintendent, Edward R. Richardson; its Assistant Superintendent and Special Education Coordinator Gerald W. Johnson; its Chairman, James K. Haygood, Jr.; its Vice-Chairman, Theoler Harris; its members Ila Miller; Carolyn G. Mathews; and Larry D. Ridgeway; and the Principal of Auburn High School, Robert W. Dotson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan A. Zimring, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert T. Meadows, III, Walker, Hill, Adams, Umbach & Meadows, Opelika, Ala., for Auburn City Bd. of Educ., Richardson, Miller, Johnson, et al.

Before HATCHETT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves a dispute over the appropriate educational placement for John Doe under the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1401-1461 (1990) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 9 U.S.C. § 794 (1982 & Supp.1990). In the district court, the Does challenged a state hearing officer's determination that the defendants offered John a free appropriate...

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