S.A. v. Weast’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1400 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975) · 20 U.S.C. § 1412 · 20 U.S.C. § 1414 · 20 U.S.C. § 1415
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School District Bd of Ed Westchester County v. Rowley · Mingus Constructors, Inc. v. United States · Doyle v. Arlington County School Board · Mm Dm Em v. School District of Greenville County Mm Dm Em
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n J.P. , the Fourth Circuit held that the hearing officer's decision warranted deference even though the opinion did not explain what evidence the hearing officer found most important or why the officer was more persuaded by the school board's evidence. In fact, the court held that the decision was sufficiently detailed despite the fact that only two findings addressed issues in dispute, and these findings were as "about as bare-boned as they could be."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. A.H. v. Smith“conducted a proper hearing, allowing the parents and the School Board to present evidence and make arguments, and the hearing officer by all indications resolved the factual questions in the normal way, without flipping a coin, throwing a dart, or otherwise abdicating his responsibility to decide the case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. A.H. v. Smith“'explain its reasons for rejecting the findings of the hearing officer,' " the "IDEA hearing officer is not required to offer a detailed explanation of his or her credibility assessments.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. A.H. v. Smith
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.