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SESSIONS v. LIVINGSTON PARISH SCHOOL BD.

Civ. A. 80-235-B.

501 F.Supp. 251 (1980)

John SESSIONS, Amos F. Carpenter, Lucy Carpenter, George Wightkin, Charles T. Robinson, Anne Parker, Robert E. Godwin, Terrell Hebert, Walter Pender v. LIVINGSTON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, Members of Board, Individually, and as member of Livingston Parish School Board; Wayne Kelly Sibley, Individually, and as member of Livingston Parish School Board; Sharon Kay Varnado Soileau, Individually, and as member of Livingston Parish School Board; Milton D. Hughes, Individually, and as member of Livingston Parish School Board; Vernon D. Garrison, Individually, and as member of Livingston Parish School Board; J. L. "Cub" Covington, Individually, and as member of Livingston Parish School Board; Paul F. Sibley, Individually, and as member of Livingston Parish School Board; Hubert S. Stilley, Jr., Individually, and as member of Livingston Parish School Board; Carew P. Foster, Individually, and as member of Livingston Parish School Board; Carroll Legette, Individually, and as Superintendent of Livingston Parish School Board; Ida Mae Lambert, Individually, and as Supervisor of Special Education, Livingston Parish School Board.

United States District Court, M. D. Louisiana.

November 13, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo J. Berggreen, Woodrow W. Wyatt, Marion Weimer, Wyatt & Weimer, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs.

J. Donald Cascio, Denham Springs, La., for defendants.

POLOZOLA, District Judge:

The plaintiffs in this case are parents of handicapped and exceptional children who reside in Livingston Parish in the State of Louisiana. Plaintiffs allege that their children are being deprived of a meaningful, free, appropriate, and public education pursuant to 20 U.S.C. § 1401 et seq., which is commonly known as the "Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975" (the Act).

Jurisdiction in this case is asserted pursuant...

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