Winkelman v. Parma City School District

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Winkelman v. Parma City School District
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 27, 2007
Decided May 21, 2007
Full case name: Winkelman v. Parma City School District
Citations: 550 U.S. ___
Prior history: verdict for defendants (N. Dist. Oh.), affirmed, (6th Cir. 2005), cert granted
Holding
Parents can file suits under IDEA pro se because they are vindicating parental rights, rather than strictly enforcing the rights of their children
Court membership
Chief Justice: John Glover Roberts, Jr.
Associate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito
Case opinions
Majority by: Kennedy
Joined by: Roberts, Alito, Stevens, Souter, Breyer, Ginsburg
Concurrence by: Scalia
Joined by: Thomas
Laws applied
20 U. S. C. ยง1400(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.

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[edit] Concurrence

Justice Scalia filed a concurrence in which Justice Thomas joined.

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