Le’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The burden of proof that a District Court must apply when an IDEA decision by a state agency is challenged is unusual. Although the District Court must make its own findings by a preponderance of the evidence, the District Court must also afford due weight to the [agency’s] determination. Under this standard, factual findings from the administrative proceedings are to be considered prima facie correct, and if a reviewing court fails to adhere to them, it is obliged to explain why. In addition, if a state administrative agency has heard live testimony and has found the testimony of one witness to be more worthy of belief than the contradictory testimony of another witness, that determination is due special weight. Specifically, this means that a District Court must accept the state agency’s credibility determinations unless the non-testimonial, extrinsic evidence in the record would justify a contrary conclusion. In this context, the word “justify” demands essentially the same standard of review given to a trial court’s findings of fact by a federal appellate court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 457 F. Supp. 2d 546 - Leighty Ex Rel. Leighty v. Laurel School District

2. “(1) whether the school district has made reasonable efforts to accommodate the child in a regular classroom; (2) the educational benefits available to the child in a regular class, with appropriate supplementary aids and services, as compared to the benefits provided in a special education class; and (3) the possible negative effects of the inclusion of the child on the education of the other students in the class.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. A.G. ex rel. S.G. v. Wissahickon School District

3. “L.” because that is how she is referred to in the District Court’s decision. 2 . Children between the ages of three and twenty-one who have disabilities, as defined at 20 U.S.C. § 1401 (3), are eligible for special education and related services under the IDEA. 20 U.S.C. § 1412 (a)(1)(A). 3 . Reverse inclusion began in L.’s assigned classroom on February 25, 2008,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 486 F. App'x 967 - L.G. Ex Rel. E.G. v. Fair Lawn Board of Education