T.D. v. Lagrange School District No. 102

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that a private settlement without judicial imprimatur is insufficient to convey prevailing party status
• recognizing that a so ordered settlement can support an IDEA attorneys' fee award but declining to award fees in case where court did not so order or exercise continuing jurisdiction over settlement
• recognizing that a so ordered settlement can support an IDEA attorneys’ fee award but declining to award fees in case where court did not so order or exercise continuing jurisdiction over settlement
• noting that some settlement agreements may confer prevailing-party status if sufficiently analogous to a consent decree
• explaining that “judicially sanctioned relief” other than a judgment or consent decree will confer prevailing party status under Buckhannon
• holding that Buckhannon is applicable to the IDEA

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).