Court Opinion

ID: 9429765
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:27:49.069007+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:21.422185
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Justice Stevens,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
The petition for certiorari did not challenge the award of attorney’s fees. It contested only the award of relief on the merits to respondents. Inasmuch as the judgment on the merits is supported by the Court’s interpretation of the Education of the Handicapped Act, there is no need to express any opinion concerning the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.* Accordingly, while I join Parts I and II of the Court’s opinion, I do not join Part III.

The “Statement of the Questions Presented” in the petition for certio-rari reads as follows:
“1. Whether ‘medical treatment’ such as clean intermittent catheterization is a ‘related service’ required under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act and, therefore, required to be provided to the minor Respondent.
“2. Is a public school required to provide and perform the medical treatment prescribed by the physician of a handicapped child by the Education of All Handicapped Children Act or the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
“3. Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals misconstrued the opinions of this Court in Southeastern Community College v. Davis, Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman, and State Board of Education v. Rowley.” Pet. for Cert. i.
Because the Court does not hold that the Court of Appeals answered any of these questions incorrectly, it is not justified in reversing in part the judgment of that court.