· 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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