Marshall v. Unum Life Insurance’s Empirical Analysis
13 F.3d 282 · 1994
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Latimer v. Stainer · Rector v. Bryant, Attorney General of Arkansas, Et Al. · Brewer ex rel. Brewer v. Lincoln National Life Insurance · Richmond v. Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota · Firemen's Fund Insurance v. Thien
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Summary judgment is appropriate if the record, when viewed in [the] light most favorable to the non-moving party, shows no genuine issue of material fact exists, and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Allegations do not rise to an issue as to a material fact.”
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.