PLITT v. MADDEN


413 A.2d 867 (1980)

Louise PLITT et al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. Kenneth C. MADDEN et al., Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided February 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene J. Maurer, Jr. (argued), and Arlen B. Mekler, Wilmington, for plaintiffs below, appellants.

Regina M. Small (argued), State Sol., Wilmington, for appellee State Bd. of Ed.

Colin M. Shalk (argued), of Tybout & Redfearn, Wilmington, for appellee Alexis I. Du Pont School Dist.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., DUFFY and HORSEY, JJ.


HORSEY, Justice:

The parent of a learning disabled child whom the parent removed from public school and placed in a private school seeks to recover three years of private school tuition costs from the local school district and the State Board of Education of Delaware. Plaintiffs assert as the basis for their monetary claim the denial of the child's constitutional rights (federal and state) to equal protection of the law and...

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