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SCHORNSTEIN v. N. J. DIV. OF VOC. REHAB.

Civ. A. No. 80-2500.

519 F.Supp. 773 (1981)

Ruth Ann SCHORNSTEIN, Plaintiff, v. The NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES; George Chizmadia, in his official capacity as Director of the New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services; Kean College of New Jersey; and Dr. Nathan Weiss, in his official capacity as President of Kean College of New Jersey, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

National Association for the Deaf Legal Defense Fund by Elaine Gardner, and Larry Goldberg, Washington, D. C. and Cole, Berman & Belsky, by Thomas J. LaConte, Rochelle Park, N. J., for plaintiff.

James A. Zazzali, Atty. Gen., of N. J., by Michael S. Bokar, and Robert A. Fagella, Deputy Attys. Gen., Division of Law, Trenton, N. J., for defendants.

OPINION

STERN, District Judge.

Plaintiff is a deaf woman attending college in New Jersey. As a participant in the state's vocational rehabilitation program she receives state and federal funds for her tuition, books, and transportation. She brings this suit to require the state further to provide her with interpreter services, without which her other benefits will be useless.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Under federal law a state...

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