John Gritzer’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Pinto v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance · Moench v. Robertson · Mansker v. TMG Life Insurance · International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Skinner Engine Co.
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[I]t is the trustee's analysis, not his or her right to use discretion or a mere arbitrary denial, to which a court should defer.' "). But if an administrator with discretion substantially complies with the regulations it is entitled to arbitrary and capricious review despite failing to strictly comply because a "hair-trigger rule”
4 later decisions 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.