Family & Children's Center, Inc. v. School City of Mishawaka’s Empirical Analysis
13 F.3d 1052 · 1994
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 90 later decisions — most recently February 2016 · most notably Libertad v. Welch (1995), Beno v. Shalala (1994)
33 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1400 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975) · 20 U.S.C. § 1415
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Warth v. Seldin · Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · Allen v. Wright · Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School District Bd of Ed Westchester County v. Rowley
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 90 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f the statute is unambiguous, we must enforce the plain meaning of the language enacted by Congress.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Any party aggrieved by the findings and decision made under subsection (b) of this section who does not have a right to an appeal under subsection (c) of this section, and any party aggrieved by the findings and decision under subsection (c) of this section, shall have the right to bring a civil action with respect to the complaint presented pursuant to this section, which action may be brought ... in a district court of the United States without regard to the amount in controversy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In some circumstances, countervailing considerations may outweigh the concerns underlying the usual reluctance to exert judicial power when the plaintiffs claim to relief rests on the legal rights of third parties_[So long as Article III] is satisfied, persons to whom Congress has granted a right of action, either expressly or by clear implication, may have standing to seek relief on the basis of legal rights and interests of others....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.