· 10/3/1997
Wenger v. Canastota Central School District
Citations
- 979 F. Supp. 147
- 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15235
- 1997 WL 612752
How courts have described this case
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- holding that “[t]he IDEA does not provide for compensatory money damages”
- relying on Brantley 6 v. Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 625, 936 F. Supp. 649, 657 (D. 7 Minn. 1996) (citing Monahan v. Nebraska, 687 F.2d 1164, 8 1170-71 (8th Cir. 1982))
- “[S]omething more than a mere violation of the IDEA is necessary in order to show a violation of Section 504”
- dismissing plaintiffs’ claim of disability discrimination where plaintiffs failed to show that defendant acted in bad faith or gross misjudgment in making “IDEA-type educational decisions”
- “[S]omething more than a mere violation of the IDEA is necessary in order to show a violation of Section 504 in the context of educating children with disabilities . . . .”
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Judges: Scullin
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