Legal Opinion
Thomas F. Smith, Jr. v. Cumberland School Committee
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 24, 1983No. 82-1524PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an award of attorneys’ fees in an action brought to secure a free appropriate public education for a handicapped child. Plaintiff Thomas F. Smith, III is a handicapped child suffering from cerebral palsy and a variety of physical and emotional handicaps. Since December 1974 he has been enrolled in the Day Hospital Program at Emma Pendelton Bradley Hospital, which all parties agree provides him with an appropriate education. The Cumberland School Committee, Thomas’s local education agency, 20 U.S.C. § 1401(8), partially funded his tuition…
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