Zvi D. v. Ambach’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1401 · 20 U.S.C. § 1412 · 20 U.S.C. § 1415
Relies on Warth v. Seldin · Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · Barrows v. Jackson · Karas v. United States · Caulfield v. Board of Education of the City of New York
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“During the pendency of any proceedings conducted pursuant to this section, unless the State or local educational agency and the parents or guardian otherwise agree, the child shall remain in the then current educational placement of such child, or, if applying for initial admission to a public school, shall, with the consent of the parents or guardian, be placed in the public school program until all such proceedings have been completed.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This funding is being provided with the stipulation that a review of Zvi's classification will be conducted at the end of the current year with a view toward placing him in an appropriate public program in September, 1979.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“was not promised and was not receiving public funding when the [complaint] proceedings were initiated [by his parent] and since he began the new school year [1980-81] in his private program without any new assurances.”
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.