McDowell v. Krawchison’s Empirical Analysis
125 F.3d 954 · 1997
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 8 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently September 2014 · most notably Gibson v. Gibson (In Re Gibson) (1998), Smith v. Rogers Galvanizing Co. (1997)
9 federal appellate · 8 district · 1 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 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1162 (§ 602 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1163 (§ 603 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1165 (§ 605 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1166 (§ 606 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1167 (§ 607 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Miller v. Maxwell's International Inc. · Russ' Kwik Car Wash, Inc. v. Marathon Petroleum Co. · Wathen v. General Electric Co. · Shahid v. Ford Motor Co. · 796 F. Supp. 403 - Phillips v. Riverside, Inc.
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“adequately informed [the qualified beneficiary] of the coverage she was entitled to receive and the money that she owed in order to maintain this coverage.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We will affirm the decision of the district court if it is correct for any reason, including a reason not considered by that court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the notice given must be sufficient to allow the qualified beneficiary to make an informed decision whether to elect coverage.”
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.