Mills+v.+Board+of+Education+of+the+District+of+Columbia

Landmark Cases ||
 * Case || Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia ||
 * Date || Dec. 1972 ||
 * Citation || 348 F. Supp 866 ||
 * Outcome || Judge Waddy found in favor of the Plaintiffs, and held that educational services must be delivered based on the students' individual needs, regardless of cost to the school board. ||
 * Story || Was a civil action brought in the District of Columbia federal District Court on behalf of seven school-age children who sought their right to a free public education, which was being denied by the District of Columbia School Board. The Board alleged the children were unable to be educated in public schools due to their "exceptional" needs, which included mental illness and mental retardation. The Board further claimed the cost of providing private educational services was too expensive; therefore, the children remained at home without access to an education. Mills was a bench trial, meaning the case was heard by a judge rather than a jury. The sitting judge was Joseph Cornelius Waddy, who was commissioned by President Lyndon Johnson in 1967. ||
 * Link(s) || Story
 * Link(s) || Story