Carol Anstett, Kimberly K. Armstrong, William A. Bauer v. Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
203 F.3d 501 · 2000
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (§ 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Golden Pacific Bancorp v. United States · Reading Co. v. Schweitzer · Swint v. Chambers County Commission · Johnson v. Texas
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the claim for separation benefits [under this ERISA plan] is really a claim to enforce a contract”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he plan draws no distinction between employees forced to go out and find other employment and employees who are re-hired by a purchaser, and we decline to write one into the policy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]alaried employees terminated other than for cause or voluntary separation, due to the exigencies of the business situation, will be entitled”
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.