Authorities Cited: United States Code 20 U.S.C. § 1400 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 333 U.S. 364, 395 347 U.S. 483 349 U.S. 294 391 U.S. 430, 435-438 395 U.S. 100, 123 402 U.S. 1, 15-32 413 U.S. 189, 193-214 426 U.S. 229, 238-242 427 U.S. 424, 496 429 U.S. 252, 264-266 442 U.S. 256, 279 456 U.S. 273, 287-290 458 U.S. 613, 622-623 470 U.S. 564, 573-574 498 U.S. 237, 245 500 U.S. 352, 359-360 503 U.S. 467, 474-496 503 U.S. 496 515 U.S. 70, 101 539 U.S. 244, 276 Circuit Courts 508 F.2d 44 648 F.2d 989, 994-997 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 733 F.2d 1551, 1557 775 F.2d 1403 775 F.2d 1419 778 F.2d 750, 754 868 F.2d 750, 753-754 963 F.2d 1416 997 F.2d 1394, 1406 43 F.3d 609, 616 62 F.3d 351, 354 111 F.3d 839, 842 134 F.3d 1066, 1070 193 F.3d 1285, 1294 198 F.3d 1305, 1321 229 F.3d 1012, 1038-1039 244 F.3d 927, 940-945 254 F.3d 987, 1012 273 F.3d 960, 965-973 390 F.3d 695, 723 963 F.3d 1416, 1425 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 52(a) Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d) 299 F. Supp. 2d 1340 391 F. Supp. 269