SHERMAN v. MAMARONECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DIST.

Docket No. 02-7335.

340 F.3d 87 (2003)

Eleanor SHERMAN and Armen Nishanian, as parents of son Grant Nishanian, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MAMARONECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, Sherry King, Individually and in her capacity as Superintendent of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District, Michael Luzzi, Individually and in his capacity as Section 504 Coordinator, Mark Orfinger, Individually and in his capacity as High School Principal, Anne Garcia, Individually and in her capacity as Unit Principal of Mamaroneck High School, Jane Friedlander, Dr., and Mamaroneck Union Free School Board, Defendants, and Mamaroneck Union Free School District, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MARK C. RUSHFIELD, Shaw & Perelson, LLP, Highland, New York, for Defendant-Appellant.

JOHN W. FREEMAN, Jamaica, New York, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: WINTER, McLAUGHLIN, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge.

The Mamaroneck Union Free School District ("School District") appeals from Judge Brieant's decision that it violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. The issue on appeal is whether the district court erred when it concluded that appellant had denied Grant Nishanian ("Grant") a free appropriate public education by denying him use of an advanced calculator in a particular mathematics...

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