Gregory K. v. Longview School District’s Empirical Analysis
811 F.2d 1307 · 1987
Citation profile
77 federal appellate · 26 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 179 later decisions — most recently January 2023 · most notably Roland M. v. Concord School Committee (1990), Walczak v. Florida Union Free School District (1998)
77 federal appellate · 26 district · 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
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1400 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975) · 20 U.S.C. § 1415
Relies on Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School District Bd of Ed Westchester County v. Rowley · Vandygriff v. Phillips · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Department of Education · United States v. McConney
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 179 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“carefully and endeavor to respond to the hearing officer's resolution of each material issue,”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`provide[s] educational benefit to the handicapped child.'”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]n 'appropriate' public education does not mean the absolutely best or 'potential-maximizing' education for the individual child[,]”
7 later decisions 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.