74 Pa. Commw. 499 - Murphy v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently November 2007
7 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 Shanberg v. Commonwealth · Krawitz v. Commonwealth · Blascovich v. Board of School Directors of Shamokin Area School District · Savka v. Commonwealth · West Chester Area School District v. Commonwealth
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a statement of the present level of educational performance of the person; (2) a statement of annual goals which describes the expected behaviors to be achieved through -the implementation of the Individualized Education Program of the person; (3) a statement of short-term instructional objectives; (4) a statement of specific educational services to be provided to the child, including a description of all special education and related services required to meet the unique needs of the child, any special instructional media and materials to be provided, and the type of physical education program in which -the child will participate; (5) a description of the extent to which the child will be able to participate in regular education programs; (6) .the projected date for initiation and the anticipated duration of services; and (7) appropriate objective criteria, evaluation procedures, and schedules for determining, on at least an annual basis, whether the instructional objectives are being achieved.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A program of education or training for exceptional school-aged persons which meets their individual needs as agreed to by a parent, school district, or intermediate unit personnel; or as ordered by a hearing officer; or upon appeal as ordered by the Secretary of Education.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Persons of school-age who deviate from the average in physical, mental, emotional, or social characteristics to such an extent that they require special educational programs, facilities, or services. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.