ALISON H. v. BYARD

No. 98-1520.

163 F.3d 2 (1998)

Alison H., p/p/a Donald H., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Robert B. BYARD, in his capacity as Superintendent of Schools, and the Belchertown Public School System, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Regina Williams Tate, with whom Mary L. Gallant, and Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, were on brief for appellants.

Claire L. Thompson, with whom Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury and Murphy P.C. were on brief for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by defendants-appellants, the Belchertown Public School System and Robert B. Byard, Superintendent of Schools, from a summary judgment of the district court awarding attorney's fees and costs to plaintiffs-appellees, Alison H., p/p/a Donald H.

The attorney's fees award was the aftermath of a dispute between plaintiffs and defendants over the special education services to be provided Alison H. by defendants. The...

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