Amann v. Stow School System’s Empirical Analysis
982 F.2d 644 · 1992
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 12 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Lenn v. Portland School Committee (1993), Grim v. Rhinebeck Central School District (2003)
23 federal appellate · 12 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. § 1414 · 20 U.S.C. § 1415 · 42 U.S.C. § 300J · 42 U.S.C. § 300J
Relies on Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School District Bd of Ed Westchester County v. Rowley · Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co. · United States v. Zannino · Norton Ex Rel. Chiles v. Mathews · Town of Burlington v. Department of Education
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“However, because we affirm on the merits, we need not determine whether [Cormier's wife's and children's appeals] are properly before us.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]efore an IEP is set aside, there must be some rational basis to believe that procedural inadequacies compromised the pupil's right to an appropriate education, seriously hampered the parents' opportunity to participate in the formulation process, or caused a deprivation of educational benefits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[m]ainstreaming may not be ignored, even to fulfill substantive educational criteria.' Rather, the benefits to be gained from mainstreaming must be weighed against the educational improvements that could be attained in a more restrictive (that is, non-mainstream) environment.”
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.