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Peer reviewedSchreck, Myron A. – West's Education Law Reporter, 1991
Discusses two cases that illustrate the reasoning used by courts to uphold attorneys' fees to parents who prevail in Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) administrative proceedings. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCohen, Henry; Jones, Nancy Lee – Journal of Law and Education, 1988
The Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1986 authorizes courts to award attorneys' fees to handicapped children. Examines Supreme Court's decisions and the history of the act, then analyzes the innovative features of its attorneys' fees provisions. (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
