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RABINOWITZ v. NEW JERSEY STATE BD. OF EDUC.

Civ. A. No. 81-1226.

550 F.Supp. 481 (1982)

Abby RABINOWITZ, Plaintiff, v. NEW JERSEY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: Fred G. Burke, Commissioner of Education of the State of New Jersey; Board of Education of the Borough of Hamburg, Sussex County; Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

October 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Levin, New York City, for plaintiff.

Irwin I. Kimmelman, Atty. Gen. of N.J. by Jaynee La Vecchia, Deputy Atty. Gen., Trenton, N.J., for defendants New Jersey State Bd. of Educ. and Fred G. Burke.

Joseph M. Hoffman, Newton, N.J., for defendant Bd. of Educ. of the Borough of Hamburg.

OPINION

SAROKIN, District Judge.

There are few events more tragic than the birth of a physically handicapped or mentally retarded child. To some parents the anguish is even greater than that caused by the death of a child itself.

For centuries the handicapped and retarded have been treated with neglect and too often with abuse. Belatedly such persons have been accorded the respect, dignity and assistance to which they are entitled. Our humanity mandates...

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