H.E. v. WALTER D. PALMER LEADERSHIP LEARNING

No. 17-1271.

873 F.3d 406 (2017)

H.E., Individually and on behalf of H.F.; C.E., Individually and on behalf of D.E.; M.T., Individually and on behalf of T.T., Appellants v. WALTER D. PALMER LEADERSHIP LEARNING PARTNERS CHARTER SCHOOL; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: October 11, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Berney , Morgen N. Black-Smith , Law Offices of David J. Berney, 1628 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, 8 Penn Center, Suite 1000, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Counsel for Appellants.

John G. Knorr, III , Josh Shapiro , Claudia M. Tesoro , Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, 21 South 12th Street, Third Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Counsel for Appellee Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Before: AMBRO, KRAUSE, and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act contains a fee-shifting provision, which, provided that a parent of a child with a disability has emerged as "a prevailing party" in administrative or judicial proceedings challenging violations of the Act, renders the parent eligible for an award...

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