Angela v. Pasadena Independent School District’s Empirical Analysis
918 F.2d 1188 · 1990
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 13 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Wb Ej Ej v. Matula, A.W. v. Jersey City Public Schools (2007)
20 federal appellate · 13 district · 2 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)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Bell v. Hood · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Texas State Teachers Ass'n v. Garland Independent School District · Maher v. Gagne
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any significant issue in litigation which achieves some of the benefit the parties sought in bringing suit.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“permit parents to obtain relief which otherwise is unavailable from 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“in the amendment has the same meaning as similar terms in other legislation. See Angela L. v. Pasadena Independent School Dist., 918 F.2d 1188 , 1193 (5th Cir.1990) (citing H.R.Rep. No. 296, 99th Cong., 2nd Sess. 5-6 (1985); S.Rep. No. 112, 99th Cong., 2nd Sess. 13-14 (1985); U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News 1986, p. 1798). See also Eggers v. Bullitt County School Dist., 854 F.2d 892 , 894-96 (6th Cir.1988). By analogy, under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, a prevailing party is one who”
1 later decision 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.