Fells v. Brooks’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1681 (§ 901 of the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972) · 29 U.S.C. § 794 · 29 U.S.C. § 794A · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000D
Relies on Cannon v. University of Chicago · Southeastern Community College v. Davis · University of Texas v. Camenisch · Copeland v. Marshall · Lloyd v. Regional Transportation Authority
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is clear that under federal law defendants bear the responsibility for providing plaintiff with residential placement where such placement is appropriate. The Education for All Handicapped Children Act, specifically 20 U.S.C. § 1412 (6), vests them with responsibility for administering all educational programs for handicapped children within their jurisdiction, and the regulations . . . specify that when residential care is required, it must be at no cost to the parents. Defendants’ obligations in that regard are also codified in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., and the regulations promulgated thereunder . . . which provide many of the same substantive and procedural rights as are found in the Education for All Handicapped Children Act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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