Weast v. Schaffer ex rel. Schaffer’s Empirical Analysis
377 F.3d 449 · 2004
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
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 · Walczak v. Florida Union Free School District · Carlisle Area School v. Scott P. ex rel. Bess P. · Newman v. GHS Osteopathic, Inc., Parkview Hospital Division
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“parents who challenge an IEP have the burden of proof in the administrative hearing”
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.