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BURR BY BURR v. SOBOL

No. 86 Civ. 7164 (RLC).

748 F.Supp. 97 (1990)

Clifford BURR, by his Parents and Next Friends, Kenneth BURR and Betty Burr, Plaintiff, v. Thomas SOBOL, As Commissioner of the New York State Department of Education, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

August 31, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BLS Legal Services Corp., Federal Litigation Clinic, Brooklyn, N.Y., for plaintiff; Kathleen A. Sullivan, of counsel.

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc., New York City, for plaintiff; Ellen M. Saideman, Herbert Semmel, of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., New York City, for defendant; Martha O. Shoemaker, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

Plaintiff moves, pursuant to the Handicapped Children's Act of 1986, 20 U.S.C. § 1415(e)(4)(B), for attorneys' fees and costs in the amount of $102,315.50. Defendant argues that the attorneys' fees should be substantially reduced and suggests the amount of $14,341.60.

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