Hellmann v. Union School District’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “it is hereby declared the policy of the state of Missouri to provide or to require public schools to provide to all handicapped and severely handicapped children within the ages prescribed herein, as an integral part of Missouri’s system of gratuitous education, a free appropriate education consistent with the provisions set forth in state and federal regulations implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq. and any amendments thereto.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. A.H., a Minor, by and through her Grandmother and Next Friend, Sandra Davis v. Independence School District

2. “failed to identify the specific provisions of [board] policy and State special education laws that she allegedly willfully and persistently violated.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State ex rel. Lehmann v. Fox C-6 Sch. Dist.