The memorandum discusses three Supreme Court decisions on special education as well as related cases decided by the U.S. Courts of Appeal. Irving Independent School District v. Tatro is the first case addressed and the implications for provision of related services under P.L. 94-142, the Education For All Handicapped Children Act, are analyzed. Specifically, the question of whether clean intermittent catheterization for a child with spina bifida constitutes a related service is examined. The second case, Burlington School Committee v. Department of Education of Massachusetts, is explored in terms of the court's ruling on reimbursements for private school placements. The final case, Smith v. Robinson, touched off a move in Congress to overturn the Court's decision limiting the ability of parents to recover attorney's fees in cases asserting the educational rights of a handicapped child. (CL)