GUCKENBERGER v. BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Civ. A. No. 96-11426-PBS.

8 F.Supp.2d 82 (1998)

Elizabeth GUCKENBERGER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

May 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Laski, Newton, MA, Guy B. Wallace, Laurence W. Paradis, Disability Rights Advocates, Oakland, CA, William J. Hunt, William F. Ahern, Jr. Henry W. Clark, Clark, Hunt & Embry, Cambridge, MA, Sidney Wolinsky, Sid Wolinsky, Disability Rights Advocates, Oakland, CA, for Elizabeth Guckenberger, Maclean Ports Bishop, Avery Labrecque, Andrea Schneider, Benjamin Freedman, Jill Cutler, Scott Greeley, Michael Cahaly, Jordan Nodelman, Association for Higher Education and Disabilities, Children and Adults With Attention Deficit Disorder, Orton Dyslexia Society, Boston University Law Disability Caucus.

Lawrence S. Elswit, Office of the General Counsel, Michael B. Rosen, Office of the General Counsel, Boston, MA, Judith A. Goldberg, McDermott, Will & Emory, Boston, MA, Alan D. Rose, Rose & Associates, Boston, MA, Erika Geetter, Boston University, Office of the General Counsel, Boston, MA, Dale C. Kerester, Lynch, Brewer, Hoffman & Sands, Boston, MA, Jo Anne Simon, Law Offices of Jo Anne Simon, Brooklyn, NY, for Boston University, Jon Westling, Craig Klafter, Loring Brinkerhoff.

Reed Martin, Law Office of Reed Martin, Houston, TX, for National Learning Disability Association.

Sidney Wolinsky, Disability Rights Advocates, Oakland, CA, for Disability Rights Advocates.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON THE ISSUE OF COURSE SUBSTITUTIONS

SARIS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

A class of students with learning disabilities brought this action against defendant Boston University ("BU") alleging that BU's policies toward them violated the Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213, the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, and state law. The...

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