RIDGEWOOD BD. OF EDUC. v. N.E. FOR M.E.

No. 98-6276.

172 F.3d 238 (1999)

RIDGEWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION v. N.E., as Guardian Ad Litem for M.E., an infant; Mary E., Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for M.E., an infant, Defendants/Third-party Plaintiffs, v. Frederick Stokley, Superintendent; John Campion, Director of Special Programs; Charles Abate, Principal; William Ward, Principal; Lorraine Zak, Psychologist; Kathleen McNally, Social Worker; Caroline Janover, LDT-C; George Neville, Principal; Henry Hogue, Psychologist; June Ann Dibb, Dr., Psychiatrist; Joan Christian, LDT-C; Susan Lynaugh, Psychologist, Third-party Defendants, N.E., as Guardian Ad Litem for M.E., an infant; Mary E., Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for M.E., an infant, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca K. Spar (Argued) Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, Hackensack, NJ, for Appellants.

Cherie L. Maxwell (Argued) Sills, Cummis, Zuckerman, Radin, Tischman, Epstein & Gross, Newark, NJ, for Appellees.

Before: SCIRICA and ALITO, Circuit Judges, and GREEN, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

I.

The issue on appeal is whether Ridgewood Board of Education provided its student M.E. with a "free appropriate public education" as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C.A. § 1400 et seq. (Supp.1998). The District Court found the board of education satisfied IDEA because it provided M.E. "more than a trivial...

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