Legal Opinion
Barlow-Gresham Union High School District No. 2 v. Wesley Mitchell, Individually, and Bari Mitchell and Michael Mitchell, His Parents
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1991No. 90-35148PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
Barlow-Gresham Union High School (“Barlow-Gresham”) appeals the district court’s order requiring it to pay attorneys’ fees to the parents of Wesley Mitchell, a handicapped student. The fee award, authorized by the Handicapped Children’s Protection Act of 1986 (“HCPA”), 20 U.S.C. § 1415(e)(4)(B), followed the settlement of an action brought to determine whether Wesley should remain in the classroom setting or be tutored privately.
The action was brought by the school district against Wesley and his parents under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (“EAHC”), 20…
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