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MAX M. v. NEW TRIER HIGH SCHOOL DIST. NO. 203

No. 88-1857.

859 F.2d 1297 (1988)

MAX M. and his parents Mr. and Mrs. M., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NEW TRIER HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 203, Defendant-Appellant, Illinois State Board of Education, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1988.

As Amended November 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Relias, Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., Matthew D. Cohen, Skokie, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WOOD Jr. and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, Senior District Judge.

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...

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