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← 22 F. Supp. 2d 343 - Walker v. Rose

22 F. Supp. 2d 343 - Walker v. Rose’s Empirical Analysis

1998

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
September 2007
most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)

Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Conley v. Gibson · Scheuer v. Rhodes

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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “The authority of courts to develop a 'federal common law' under ERISA . . . is not the authority to revise the text of the statute.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Bill Gray Enterprises, Inc. Employee Health & Welfare Plan ex rel. Bill Gray Enterprises, Inc. v. Gourley · Bill Gray Enterprises, Incorporated Employee Health And Welfare Plan v. Ronald L. Gourley
  2. “Because . . . the make whole rule is just a principle of interpretation, it can be overridden by clear language in the plan.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Bill Gray Enterprises, Incorporated Employee Health And Welfare Plan v. Ronald L. Gourley
  3. “This Court finds that the Plan's reimbursement language is unambiguous, and . . . overrides the make whole rule.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Bill Gray Enterprises, Incorporated Employee Health And Welfare Plan v. Ronald L. Gourley

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.