Holmes v. Millcreek Township School District’s Empirical Analysis
205 F.3d 583 · 2000
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 6 district ·
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1400 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975) · 20 U.S.C. § 401
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Blum v. Stenson · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School District Bd of Ed Westchester County v. Rowley · Farrar v. Hobby
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In any action or proceeding brought under this section, the court, in its discretion, may award reasonable attorneys’ fees as part of the costs to the parents of a child with a disability who is the prevailing party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We must give `due weight' to the underlying state administrative proceedings.... [A]lthough we must consider administrative fact findings, we have not interpreted Rowley as requiring us to accept such findings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“relief on a significant claim in the litigation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Albert Zucker
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.