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BONAR ON BEHALF OF BONAR v. AMBACH

No. 1081, Docket 85-7088.

771 F.2d 14 (1985)

Nancy BONAR, on Behalf of Douglas BONAR, an infant; Karen Amey, on behalf of Scott Amey, an infant; Martha Hamann, on behalf of Susan Hamann, an infant; Lynne Sommerstein, on Behalf of Michelle Sommerstein, an infant; Donna Dougherty, on Behalf of Richard Dougherty, an infant; Rita Evelt, on Behalf of John Evelt, an infant, individually and on Behalf of all other similarly situated individuals, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gordon M. AMBACH, as New York State Commissioner of Education, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Pawson, Albany, N.Y. (Robert D. Stone, Albany, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Gerald P. Seipp, Buffalo, N.Y. (Serotte & Reich, Bruce A. Goldstein, Bouvier, O'Connor, Cegielski & Levine, Buffalo, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MANSFIELD, OAKES and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.

MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal represents another episode in the protracted litigation over attorneys' fees that followed the resolution of a dispute concerning the funding of special education programs for children with learning disabilities. The United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Curtin, C.J., held that plaintiffs, parents of children with learning disabilities, had prevailed over defendant New York Education Department...

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