812 F. Supp. 609 - Rappaport v. Vance’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1400 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975) · 20 U.S.C. § 1415
Relies on Kay v. Ehrler · Bonnes v. Long · Abu-Sahyun Abu-Sahyun v. Palo Alto Unified School District · Lawrence v. Bowsher · Rossi v. Gosling
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In any action or proceeding brought under this subsection, the court, in its discretion, may award reasonable attorneys' fees as part of the costs to the parents or guardian of a child or youth with a disability who is the prevailing party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Since Congress intended courts to have narrow discretion to deny fees under IDEA similar to the narrow discretion provided under Title VII, it is not clear that the Court should rely on Title VII to deny fees under [IDEA].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a]ny state educational agency that receives IDEA funds must establish ... procedures ... to assure that children with disabilities and their parents or guardians are guaranteed procedural safeguards.”
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.