J.S. v. The Westerly School District

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that we \must ask whether [an] issue remains justiciable\ before considering the merits of an appeal
• \We generally interpret the term of art 'prevailing party' consistently across the federal fee-shifting statutes that use that phrase.\
• “we must turn a blind eye to the merits of the district court’s [findings on the underlying claim], and ask only whether the district court’s order rendered the [plaintiffs] ‘prevailing parties.’ ”
• plaintiff’s request to avoid vaccine because of her history of seizures and slight risk that vaccine could cause seizure was not reasonable accommodation because it did not “relate[] to her purported disability in a meaningful way”
• “[t]he IDEA permits a court to award reasonable attorneys' fees.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Harris v. University of Massachusetts, Lowell
  First Circuit· 2022-08-04· cited 39×
• G. v. Harrison School District No. 2
  Tenth Circuit· 2022-07-26· cited 12×
• PC Puerto Rico, LLC v. Empresas Martinez Valentin Cor
  First Circuit· 2020-01-28· cited 1×
• Cynthia K. v. Portsmouth School Department
  D. New Hampshire· 2020-06-02· cited 1×
• Pat Doe v. John Costin
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2025-03-04
• Sugarloaf Alliance v. Frederick Cnty.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-05-01
• Garavanian v. JetBlue Airways Corporation
  First Circuit· 2025-08-21

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources
  Supreme Court· 2001-05-29· cited 3,075×
• Powell v. McCormack
  Supreme Court· 1969-10-13· cited 3,053×
• Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-30· cited 2,306×
• Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2013-01-09· cited 1,353×
• Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison
  First Circuit· 1978-07-28· cited 1,054×
• United States v. Sanchez-Gomez
  Supreme Court· 2018-05-14· cited 300×
• Center for Biological Diversity v. Marina Point Development Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-05-14· cited 68×
• Diffenderfer v. Gomez-Colon
  First Circuit· 2009-11-19· cited 63×
• Gulf of Maine Fishermen's Alliance v. Daley
  First Circuit· 2002-06-11· cited 61×
• Globe Newspaper Company v. Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
  First Circuit· 1996-11-12· cited 57×
• Weaver's Cove Energy, LLC v. Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council
  First Circuit· 2009-10-26· cited 55×
• Smith v. Fitchburg Public Schools
  First Circuit· 2005-03-22· cited 49×