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SHERRI A.D. v. KIRBY

Nos. 91-8113, 92-8056.

975 F.2d 193 (1992)

SHERRI A.D., ETC., ET AL., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. W.N. KIRBY, Commissioner Of Education Of The Texas Education Agency, Individually And In His Official Capacity, ET AL., Defendants, and Texas Education Agency and Texas School For The Blind And Visually Impaired (Formerly Texas School For The Blind), Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 19, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dona G. Hamilton and Tammy L. Stroud, Asst. Attys. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Cynthia D. Swartz, Henslee, Ryan & Groce, Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Lou Bright and J.D. Hooper, Asst. Attys. Gen., Kevin O'Hanlon, TEA, Austin, Tex., for defendants.

Nicholas Serna, Legal Aid Soc. of Cent. Texas, John M. Torti, Belton, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Before GOLDBERG, HIGGINBOTHAM and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

With reluctance, we will engage seasoned combatants in the war over the future welfare, education and happiness of a young woman with multiple handicaps. The dispute dates back to the birth of Sherri, A.D., at which time her parents discovered that she was blind, deaf, and mentally retarded. Unwilling or unable to care for the infant, they left her in the custody of her aging grandmother. When Sherri reached age six, the Cameron, Texas school...

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