· 4/12/1999
G.M., by and Through His Guardian and Next Friend, R.F. v. New Britain Board of Education
Citations
- 173 F.3d 77
- 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 6915
How courts have described this case
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- remanding for determination of fees under IDEA without discussing the community the district court should consider in determining fees
- remanding for determination of fees under IDEA without discussing the community the district court should consider in determining fees
- calculating reasonable attorney's fees for both administrative due process proceedings and federal litigation pursuant to IDEA
- success on any significant issue on litigation which achieves some of the benefit the parties sought in bringing the suit is sufficient to confer prevailing party status
- success on any significant issue on litigation which achieves some of the benefit the parties sought in bringing the suit is sufficient to confer prevailing party status
- “In- cluded in the award should be not only the time spent on the administrative proceeding, but the time expended on this suit (including this appeal) as well.”
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Judges: McLaughlin, Calabresi, Gibson
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