Legal Opinion
Max M. And His Parents Mr. And Mrs. M. v. New Trier High School District No. 203, Illinois State Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 4, 1988No. 88-1857PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
This case, like Tonya K. v. Board of Education, 847 F.2d 1243 (7th Cir.1988), involves a claim for attorneys’ fees under a retroactive law, the Handicapped Children’s Protection Act of 1986, 100 Stat. 796 (the Amendments). This statute made attorneys’ fees available to litigants prevailing under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1411-20, if the cases were pending on July 4,1984. See 20 U.S.C. § 1415(e)(4)(B) (1986). We held in Tonya K. that the Amendments apply to a case settled before July 4, 1984, in which only a request for attorneys’…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Bradley v. School Bd. of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- City of Riverside v. RiveraSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by43 opinions
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