N.L. EX REL. MRS. C. v. KNOX COUNTY SCHOOLS

No. 01-5551.

315 F.3d 688 (2003)

N.L., a minor, by her mother, MS. C., as next friend, and Ms. C., individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KNOX COUNTY SCHOOLS; Charles Lindsey, Superintendent of Knox County Schools, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed January 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenda McGee (briefed), Knoxville, TN, Dean Hill Rivkin (argued and briefed), Knoxville, TN, for Appellees.

Charles L. Weatherly, Wendy A. Jacobs (briefed), The Weatherly Law Firm, Atlanta, GA, Susan E. Crabtree (briefed), Knox County Law Department, Knoxville, TN, for Appellants.

Before: NORRIS and CLAY, Circuit Judges; O'MEARA, District Judge.


OPINION

ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns two federal statutes promoting the access of students with disabilities to educational opportunities, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. (1994), and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ("section 504"), 29 U.S.C. § 791 et seq. (1994). Defendants are the Knox County, Tennessee schools and school superintendent Charles...

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