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SMITH v. CUMBERLAND SCHOOL COMMITTEE

No. 82-1524.

703 F.2d 4 (1983)

Thomas F. SMITH, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. CUMBERLAND SCHOOL COMMITTEE, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest Avila, Providence, R.I., for defendants, appellants.

George M. Prescott, Lincoln, R.I., with whom Jonathan F. Oster, and Oster, Groff & Prescott, Lincoln, R.I., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

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...

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