KATTAN BY THOMAS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 92-7011 and 92-7012.

995 F.2d 274 (1993)

Sarah KATTAN, By Her Parents and Next Friends Susan J. THOMAS and Joseph Kattan, et al., Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1993.

As Amended June 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna M. Murasky, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellants/cross-appellees.

Patricia D. Douglass, Washington, DC, for appellees/cross-appellants.

Before MIKVA, Chief Judge; D.H. GINSBURG and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge MIKVA.

Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.

MIKVA, Chief Judge:

Appellants Sarah Kattan and her parents prevailed in a suit against the District of Columbia under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1485. They subsequently applied to the district court for attorneys' fees based...

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