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· 1/27/1989

Joseph Spiegler v. District of Columbia

Citations

  • 866 F.2d 461
  • 275 U.S. App. D.C. 260
  • 107 A.L.R. Fed. 743
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 699
  • 1989 WL 4890

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  • holding that the state has a duty “to give, at the time a final administrative decision is rendered, clear notice of the availability of judicial review and of the [limitations period]”
  • holding that the quasi-appellate role of the district court in an action brought under the [IDEA] does not differ in important ways from an administrative appeal for purposes of borrowing an appropriate statute of limitations
  • noting that even when a notice of denial of claimed IDEA benefits was held otherwise deficient, school authorities informed parents that the decision was \final.\
  • noting that even when a notice of denial of claimed IDEA benefits was held otherwise deficient, school authorities informed parents that the decision was “final.”
  • explaining that when Congress has not established a statute of limitations for a federal cause of action, courts should use the limitations period from an analogous state statute
  • explaining that when Congress has not established a statute of limitations for a federal cause of action, courts should use the limitations period from an analogous state statute

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Judges: Mikva, Buckley, Ginsburg

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