Muth v. Central Bucks School District’s Empirical Analysis
839 F.2d 113 · 1988
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 7 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2014 · most notably Dellmuth v. A Muth (1989), Dellmuth v. Muth (1989)
32 federal appellate · 7 district · 5 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. § 1401 · 20 U.S.C. § 1412 · 20 U.S.C. § 1415 · 29 U.S.C. § 794 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Hensley v. Eckerhart · Edelman v. Jordan · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School District Bd of Ed Westchester County v. Rowley
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“will normally receive a final, impartial, judicially reviewable, administrative decision within two and one-half months of a request for a hearing”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there is case law suggesting that compensatory damages based solely on violations of a parent's procedural rights may be available under the EHA”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. W.B., Parent of the Minor, E.J., on Her Own Behalf and on Behalf of Her Son, E.J. v. Joan Matula Mary Angela Engelhardt Judy Beach Catherine Brennan Patricia Cericola Dr. Gary Danielson Ann Pearce Kathleen Mahony Carol Burns Florence Noctor Dr. Jeffrey Osowski New Jersey State Board of Education Warren County Department of Education Mary Lou Varley Mansfield Board of Education State of New Jersey Department of Education Division of Special Education Employees of the Mansfield Township Board of Education · Wb Ej Ej v. Matula“such relief as the court determines is appropriate”
2 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.