LIGHT v. PARKWAY C-2 SCHOOL DIST.

No. 94-2333.

41 F.3d 1223 (1994)

Martin LIGHT; Diane Light; Lauren Light, a minor by and through Martin and Diane Light, her next friends; Appellants; v. PARKWAY C-2 SCHOOL DISTRICT; Special School District of St. Louis County; Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1994.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied January 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Finkelstein, Jefferson City, MO, argued (Kevin Thompson and Sara Thompson, on the brief), for appellants.

James G. Thomeczek, St. Louis, MO, argued (Teri Goldman, on the brief), for appellees.

Before FAGG, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied January 11, 1995.

HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns a school district's attempt to change the educational placement of an allegedly dangerous mentally disabled child. Two issues are raised on appeal: (1) whether the Supreme Court's holding in Honig v. Doe, 484 U.S. 305, 108 S.Ct. 592, 98 L.Ed.2d 686 (1988), requires a district court to find that a...

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