Becker v. Mack Trucks, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
281 F.3d 372 · 2002
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (§ 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1053 (§ 203 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. § 1140 (§ 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1141 (§ 511 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 158 (§ 8 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon · United States National Bank v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc. · Meghrig v. KFC Western, Inc. · United States v. Heirs of Boisdoré
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or discriminate against a participant or beneficiary for exercising any right to which he is entitled under the provisions of an employee benefit plan ... for the purpose of interfering with the attainment of any right to which such participant may become entitled under the plan....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a legally unenforceable claim to contingent benefits cannot establish a colorable claim to vested benefits under Firestone. ") (emphasis in original). Thus, Miller's status as a "participant,”
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.