United States Second Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants on claim for attorney's fees as prevailing defendant under IDEA is affirmed as the rule that a "prevailing party" under federal fee-shifting statutes is one who has achieved a judicially sanctioned change in the legal relationship among the parties, applies to "prevailing defendant" cases.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2006
• Published 05/19/2006

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before:  SOTOMAYOR, WESLEY, and HALL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Catherine L. Williams, Connecticut Legal Services, Inc. (Anne Louise Blanchard, Connecticut Legal Services, Inc;  Douglas M. Crockett, on the brief), Bridgeport, Connecticut, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard J. Buturla, Berchem, Moses & Devlin, P.C., Milford, Connecticut, for Defendants-Appellees.