White White’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 district · 1 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Although the regulations do signal a preference that the child be located in the school he would attend if nondisabled, they explicitly contemplate that the child’s IEP may require “some other arrangement,” and rather than mandating placement in the child’s neighborhood school, they require only that the child be placed as close “as possible” to the child’s home .... [T]he regulations and commentary identify geographical proximity as a consideration, but not a mandatory requirement, in placing a disabled child.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Z.B. v. Dist. of Columbia · 769 F. Supp. 2d 788 - Lebron v. North Penn School District

2. “‘Educational placement’, as used in the IDEA, means educational program-not the particular institution where that program is implemented.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Steven R.F. v. Harrison Sch. Dist. No. 2 · Veazey v. Ascension Parish School Board

3. “[t]he provision that requires the IEP to specify the location is primarily administrative”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. A.K., a Minor by His Parents and Next Friends J.K. And E.S. v. Alexandria City School Board · Ak Jk Es v. Alexandria City School Board