Depenbrock v. CIGNA Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
389 F.3d 78 · 2004
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
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. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1054 (§ 204 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1102 (§ 402 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor · Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. Schoonejongen · Webster v. Reproductive Health Services · In re Disbarment of Cooper · Nachwalter v. Christie
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the new plan provision is found not to have been properly authorized when issued, the question would then arise whether any subsequent actions, such as the executive vice president's letters informing respondents of the termination, served to ratify the provision ex post. "); see also 2A WILLIAM MEADE FLETCHER, FLETCHER CYCLOPEDIA OF THE LAW OF PRIVATE CORPORATIONS § 764.10 (perm.ed., rev. vol.2001) [hereinafter 2A FLETCHER CYCLOPEDIA] ("A corporation may bind itself by ratifying an act done by an agent of its subsidiary company.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The doctrine of ratification provides that an improperly authorized amendment may be ratified ex post by subsequent acts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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