Kruelle v. Biggs’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently July 2009
5 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1401 · 20 U.S.C. § 1412 · 20 U.S.C. § 1415
Relies on 471 F. Supp. 136 - North v. District of Columbia Board of Education
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e cannot conclude that the district judge misapplied the statutory standard in determining that “because of his combination of physical and mental handicaps, [Paul] requires a greater degree of consistency of programming than many other profoundly retarded children” and that “it would appear that full-time care is necessary in order to allow Paul to learn.” Indeed, it would be difficult to conceive of a more apt case than Paul’s for which the unique needs of a child required residential placement.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“he cannot walk, dress himself, or eat unaided. He is not toilet trained. He does not speak, and his receptive communication level is extremely low. In addition to his physical problems, he has had a history of emotional problems which result in choking and self-induced vomiting when experiencing stress.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“shall receive the records of the administrative proceedings, shall hear additional evidence at the request of a party, and, basing its decision on the preponderance of the evidence, shall grant such relief as the court determines is appropriate.”
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.