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BD. OF EDUC. OF TP. HIGH SCHOOL DIST., 211 v. ROSS

No. 05-3700.

486 F.3d 267 (2007)

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 211, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael and Diane ROSS, individually and as next friends of Lindsey Ross, a minor, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Illinois State Board of Education, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack J. Carriglio, Meckler, Bulger & Tilson, Chicago, IL, Neal E. Takiff (argued), Whitted & Cleary, Northbrook, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Brett E. Legner (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Nicholas B. Gorga (argued), Latham & Watkins, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Wendy N. Enerson, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae, National Disability Rights Network.

Cynthia M. Hansen, Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae, Illinois Ass'n of School Boards and Illinois Ass'n of School Administrators.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This case is about the responsibility of a public school district to provide an education to a student afflicted with Rett syndrome, which is a "neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by normal early development followed by loss of purposeful use of the hands, distinctive hand movements, slowed brain and head growth, gait abnormalities, seizures, and mental retardation." See National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Rett Syndrome...

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