← 24 F.3d 118 - Pitman v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Oklahoma

Pitman v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Oklahoma’s Empirical Analysis

24 F.3d 118 · 1994

Citation profile

cited by 30 later decisions

July 2000

most recently cited

20 federal appellate · 9 district ·

Relationships

Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1051 (§ 201 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. § 1144 (§ 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)

Relies on Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux · Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Massachusetts · Fmc Corporation v. Holliday

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

“Preauthorization will be denied, and Benefits will not be provided, for autologous bone marrow transplants for any other cases, such as: . . . e) multiple myeloma.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Pitman v. Blue Cross and Blue · Pitman v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Oklahoma
““ ‘[t]o the extent that [LINA] has discretion to avoid paying claims, it thereby promotes the potential for its own profit. •... In short, [LINA’s] decision will be entitled to some deference, but [this] deference will be lessened to the degree necessary to neutralize any untoward influence resulting from the conflict.’ ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 959 F. Supp. 1361 - Caldwell v. Life Insurance Co. of North America · 995 F. Supp. 1174 - Brooks v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
“erred by not considering the insurer's apparent conflict of interest in determining whether deference should be given to the insurer's interpretation of coverage.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Pitman v. Blue Cross and Blue · Pitman v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Oklahoma

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.