Legal Opinion
Dale M., by His Mother and Next Friend, Alice M. v. Board of Education of Bradley-Bourbonnais High School District No. 307, Appeal of Margie Best
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 2002No. 01-3477PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Best, is a lawyer who represented the plaintiffs in this suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The plaintiffs prevailed in the district court, and the judge ordered the defendant to pay the plaintiffs attorneys’ fees and costs of almost $50,000. This was done, and the money was turned over to Best. We reversed the district court’s judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, see 237 F.3d 813 (7th Cir.2001), stating in the course of our opinion that we were reversing the award of attorneys’ fees as well as the judgment. Id. at 818. So the…
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