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PETTIES v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Civil Action Nos. 95-0148 (PLF), 97-1629(PLF), 97-2402(PLF).

538 F.Supp.2d 88 (2008)

Nikita PETTIES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants. Mikeisha Blackman, et al., Plaintiffs, v. District of Columbia, et al., Defendants. James Jones, et al., Plaintiffs, v. District of Columbia, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 11, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford Paul Johnson, Law Offices of Bradford P. Johnson, Washington, DC, David Patrick Sheldon, Law Office of David P. Sheldon, Washington, DC, Laurie Pouzzner McManus, Arlington, VA, for Plaintiffs.

Laurel Pyke Malson, Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, DC.

Robert C. Utiger, DC Attorney General, Washington, DC, Steven Ney, Takoma Park, MD, Alyssa Gsell, Aryeh S. Portnoy, Crowell & Moring, LLP, Daniel Albert Rezneck, Office of Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, Evangeline Covington, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Elise T. Baach, Washington, DC, pro se.

Steven Marc Schneebaum, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Washington, DC, for Special Master.

David I. Gilmore, Gilmore Kean, LLC, John F. Cooney, Venable, LLP, Anton Hajjar, O'Donnell, Schwartz & Anderson, P.C., Daniel Bround Smith, Mark J. Murphy, Richard Carey Welch, Mooney, Green, Baker & Saindon, Washington, DC, for Interested Party.

OPINION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

Each of these cases is before the Court for a determination of the same question: Whether the statutory cap, currently found in Section 122 of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, on the District of Columbia's ability to pay attorneys' fees to prevailing parties in suits under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq., applies to these class...

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