Barlow-Gresham Union High School District No. 2 v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
940 F.2d 1280 · 1991
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently February 2016 · most notably Ojai Unified School District v. Jackson (1993), Seattle School District, No. 1 v. B.S. (1996)
29 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 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. § 1400 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975) · 20 U.S.C. § 1401 · 20 U.S.C. § 1415 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Maher v. Gagne · Smith v. Robinson · Idaho v. Wright · Cuffle v. Avenenti · Cunningham v. County of Los Angeles
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.
“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.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the prevailing parents to recover attorneys' fees when settlement is reached prior to the due process hearing”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“clear language of [the attorney fees provision] contemplates an award of attorneys' fees at the administrative level. The provision specifically refers to `any action or proceeding brought.'”
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.