Winkelman v. Parma City School District

Winkelman v. Parma City School District

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Winkelman v. Parma City School District
ArgueDate=February 27
ArgueYear=2007
DecideDate=May 21
DecideYear=2007
FullName=Winkelman v. Parma City School District
USVol=
USPage=
CitationNew=550 U.S. ___
Prior= "verdict for defendants" (N. Dist. Oh.), "affirmed", (6th Cir. 2005), "cert granted"
Subsequent=
Holding=Parents can file suits under IDEA pro se because they are vindicating parental rights, rather than strictly enforcing the rights of their children
SCOTUS=2006
Majority=Kennedy
JoinMajority=Roberts, Alito, Stevens, Souter, Breyer, Ginsburg
Concurrence=Scalia
JoinConcurrence=Thomas
LawsApplied=20 U. S. C. §1400(d)(1)(A)

"Winkelman v. Parma City School District", 550 U.S. ___ (2007), is a civil suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Kennedy held for the seven-justice majority that parents may file suit under IDEA pro se. Justice Kennedy declined to reach the question whether parents may represent the interests of their children pro se, instead concluding that IDEA created a set of independently enforceable rights in parents.

Decision

Concurrence

Justice Scalia filed a concurrence in which Justice Thomas joined.

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/06pdf/05-983.pdf Text of the Decision] ( [http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/05-983.ZS.html Html version] )

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 550


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