Militello v. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund’s Empirical Analysis
360 F.3d 681 · 2004
Citation profile
15 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2025 · most notably Vallone v. CNA Financial Corp. (2004), Mote v. Aetna Life Insurance (2007)
15 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Halpin v. Ww Grainger Incorporated · Herzberger v. Standard Insurance · Judith Perlman v. Swiss Bank Corporation Comprehensive Disability Protection Plan
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] denial of benefits will be reviewed de novo `unless the benefit plan gives the administrator or fiduciary discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits or to construe the terms of the plan.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“then a denial of benefits will be reviewed under an arbitrary and capricious standard.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The notification shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant— (i) The specific reason or reasons for the adverse determination; (ii) Reference to the specific plan provisions on which the determination is based; (iii) A description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; (iv) A description of the plan’s review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures ....”
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.