Kinek v. Paramount Communications, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
22 F.3d 503 · 1994
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably Schlaifer Nance Company v. Estate of Andy Warhol W (1997), Cottrill v. Sparrow, Johnson & Ursillo, Inc. (1996)
23 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 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. § 1001B · 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1058 (§ 208 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1109 (§ 409 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1301 (§ 4001 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1321 (§ 4021 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1322 (§ 4022 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Warth v. Seldin · Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. LTV Corp. · Jizmejian v. United States · Wright v. Wright
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“all provisions of a contract be read together as a harmonious whole, if possible”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“decrease in the value of the assets of a ... plan,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Prejudgment interest is not intended to penalize the trustee but serves as compensation for the use of money withheld. Hence, such an award must be made with an eye toward putting the plan in the position it would have occupied but for the breach.”
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.