Legal Opinion
Tompkins Ex Rel. A.T. v. Troy School District
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 2, 2006No. 05-2314UnpublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants appeal the order of the district court denying their petition for the award of attorneys’ fees arising from the parties’ dispute over an appropriate individualized education plan for plaintiffs’ minor child. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court.
I. BACKGROUND
In August 2004, after a four-year dispute, James and Lou Ann Tompkins (the “Parents”), parents of a disabled child, initiated special educational due process proceedings, claiming that their son had been denied the free and appropriate public education to which he is…
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