John Gosselink’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
1
states following
November 2017
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Varity Corporation v. Howe · Wildbur v. Arco Chemical Co. · Tolson v. Avondale Industries, Inc. · Duhon v. Texaco, Inc.
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1)whether the administrator has given the plan a uniform construction^] (2) whether the interpretation is consistent with a fair reading of the plan[;] and (3)' any unanticipated costs resulting from different interpretations of the plan.”
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.