Taylor, Taylor v. Honig

910 F.2d 627 62 Ed. Law Rep. 78 Todd TAYLOR, a minor, By and Through his Guardians ad litem, Andrea and Byron TAYLOR; Byron Taylor on his own behalf; Andrea Taylor on her own behalf; Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Bill HONIG, in his official capacity as Superintendent of Public Instruction, Defendant, and Garden Grove Unified School District; Board of Education of the Garden Grove Unified School District, Defendants-Appellants. No. 89-55177. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 11, 1989. Decided Aug. 7, 1990. Spencer E. Covert, Jr., Parker and Covert, Santa Ana, Cal., and Ronald D. Wenkart, Orange County Dept. of Educ., Costa Mesa, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Joan K. Honeycutt, Tustin, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before SCHROEDER and BEEZER, Circuit Judges, and KING, * District Judge. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: INTRODUCTION 1 The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 ("EHA"), 20 U.S.C. Secs. 1400 et seq. (1988), has spawned a great deal of significant litigation around the country concerning its applicability to children who are so severely…