Board of Education of Community Consolidated School District No. 21 v. Illinois State Board of Education’s Empirical Analysis
938 F.2d 712 · 1991
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2011 · most notably Board of Education v. Illinois State Board of Education (1992), Heather Kathy v. State of Wisconsin T (1997)
13 federal appellate · 7 district ·
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. § 1401 · 20 U.S.C. § 1412 · 20 U.S.C. § 1415
Relies on Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School District Bd of Ed Westchester County v. Rowley · Lord Electric Co. v. United States · Foy v. Northeast Suburban Life · Alder v. United States · Duckworth v. Eagan
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[its] own notions of sound educational policy for those of the school authorities which they review.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“1) Whether the state complied with the procedures set forth in the act; and 2) Whether the IEP developed through the act’s procedures is reasonably calculated to enable the child to receive educational benefits?”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]ecause judges are not trained educators.”
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.