D. S. W. ex rel. R. M. W. v. Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

Decided May 22, 1981. Warren W. Matthews Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

628 P.2d 554 · Cited 95 times

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• Donohue v. Copiague Union Free School District · 47 N.Y.2d 440
• Peter W. v. San Francisco Unified School District · 60 Cal. App. 3d 814
• Hoffman v. Board of Education · 49 N.Y.2d 121
• Donohue v. Copiague Union Free School District · 64 A.D.2d 29
• Howarth v. Pfeifer · 443 P.2d 39
• Hoffman v. Board of Education · 64 A.D.2d 369

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