S.M. v. Weast’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
7 district ·
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Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1400 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975) · 20 U.S.C. § 1412 · 20 U.S.C. § 1414
Relies on Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School District Bd of Ed Westchester County v. Rowley · School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Department of Education · Doyle v. Arlington County School Board · Barnett ex rel. Barnett v. Fairfax County School Board · Burke County Board of Education v. Denton ex rel. Denton
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“continued emphasis on the procedural safeguards afforded to parents convinces us that the Court was referring to the process by which the IEP is produced, rather than the myriad of technical items that must be included in the written document.... Adequate parental involvement and participation in formulating the IEP, not adherence to the laundry list of items given in [the IDEA] appear to be the Court’s primary concern in requiring that procedures be strictly followed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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