Tilton Richards v. Jefferson County Board of Education’s Empirical Analysis
705 F.2d 800 · 1983
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably Seattle School District, No. 1 v. B.S. (1996), United States v. Piccolo (1983)
9 federal appellate · 2 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
Relies on Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School District Bd of Ed Westchester County v. Rowley · Epperson v. Arkansas · Connecticut v. Mohegan Tribe · Karas v. United States · Battle v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The concept of education under the Act clearly embodies both academic instruction and a broad range of associated services traditionally grouped under the general rubric of 'treatment.' "), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1006, 104 S.Ct. 998, 79 L.Ed.2d 231 (1984); 20 U.S.C. § 1401(a)(17) (appropriate educational placement includes "related services,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“defining a change in placement to include any alterations in a program ‘would virtually cripple the Board's ability to implement even minor discretionary changes within the educational programs provided for its students” and would also inhibit the Board from introducing new activities or programs.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services ( ... including rehabilitative counseling, and medical services, except that such medical services shall be for diagnostic and evaluation purposes only) as may be required to assist a handicapped child to benefit from special education”
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.