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MARIE O. v. EDGAR

No. 96-3609.

131 F.3d 610 (1997)

MARIE O., Gabriel C. and Kyle G., et al., by their parents and legal guardians, individually, and on behalf of all other similarly situated individuals, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jim EDGAR, Governor of Illinois, and Joseph H. Spagnolo, State Superintendent of Education, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Fenton, Jill Thompson Calian, David E. Lieberman, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Maria Woltjen, Karen M. Berman (argued for Marie O.), Amy Zimmerman, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Thomas A. Ioppolo, Office of the Attorney General, A. Benjamin Goldgar (argued for James R. Edgar), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Thomas E. Chandler, Jessica Dunsay Silver, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before CUDAHY, RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Four infants with disabilities filed a class action suit alleging that the State of Illinois was not complying with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"). These plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief to achieve recognition of their rights under the IDEA and to require the Governor and State Superintendent of Education of Illinois to bring Illinois into compliance with...

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