Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 334 F. Supp. 1257 (E.D. Pa. 1971), was a case where the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was sued by the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC), now The Arc of Pennsylvania, over a law that gave public schools the authority to deny a free education to children who had reached the age of 8, yet had not reached the mental age of 5.[1] The law had also been used by the state in multiple occasions to deny free public education to children who had a hard time integrating into classroom environments and schools. This was the first major legal case to provide equality to students with disabilities. The case was filed and settled by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and lasted between 1971 and 1972.[2] The case was over seen by three judges, Circuit Judge Adams, and two District Judges, Masterson and Broderick. The language used during this case is outdated to modern times; therefore, the use of the word "mentally retarded" refers to any intellectual disability.[3]
| Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | |
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| Court | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
| Full case name | Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children, Nancy Beth Bowman, et al. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, David H. Kurtzman, et al. |
| Docket nos. | Civ. A. No. 71-42 |
| Citation(s) | 334 F. Supp. 1257 |
| Case history | |
| Subsequent action(s) | 343 F. Supp. 279 (E.D. Pa. 1972) |
| Court membership | |
| Judge(s) sitting | Arlin Adams, Thomas Ambrose Masterson, Raymond J. Broderick |