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ALIEF INDEP. SCH. DIST. v. C.C. EX REL. KENNETH C.

No. 10-20285.

655 F.3d 412 (2011)

ALIEF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, and their Respective Employees and Members of the Board of Trustees, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. C.C., by next friend KENNETH & Nneka C., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 9, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Erik Nichols (argued), Amy Joyce Cumings Tucker , Rogers, Morris & Grover, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Judith A. Gran (argued), Catherine Merino Reisman , Reisman Carolla Gran, L.L.P., Haddonfield, NJ, for Defendant-Appellee.

Colleen Marie Wisdom , Lubbock, TX, for Advocacy, Incorporated and National Disability Rights Network, Amici Curiae.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and DENNIS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

The issue presented by this appeal is whether a school district, after being declared in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1490, in respect to a disabled child's entitlements, by an administrative hearing officer, may bring a civil action in court for attorneys' fees as a prevailing party against the child's parents on the grounds that their IDEA administrative complaint was...

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