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COUNSEL v. DOW

Civ. No. N-85-577 (AHN).

666 F.Supp. 366 (1987)

Donnell COUNSEL v. John DOW, Superintendent of the New Haven Public Schools; New Haven Board of Education; Department of Education, State of Connecticut; Gerald Tirozzi; Commissioner of Education of the State of Connecticut; and Joyce C. Driskell, Hearing Officer, Connecticut Department of Education.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

May 28, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Services Organization, Jerome N. Frank, New Haven, Conn., for plaintiff.

John Whelan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., Lubbie Harper, New Haven, Conn., for defendant.

RULING ON MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES

NEVAS, District Judge.

The plaintiff, a young adult who is mildly retarded, brought suit on November 22, 1985, alleging a right to education under the Education for the Handicapped Act ("EHA"), 20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq., and alleging a denial of due process and a violation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. Section 701 et seq. The defendants fall...

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