Legal Opinion
Allan Fontenot v. Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 15, 1986No. 86-3011PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Allan Fontenot appeals a district court decision that he is not entitled to recover attorney’s fees. Fontenot claimed that he was entitled to recover such fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 or, in the alternative, under § 505 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794a, because he had secured a victory on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim that asserted causes of action under § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment, and the Education of Handicapped Children’s Act (EHA), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. The district court found that…
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