Mlsna v. Unitel Communications, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
41 F.3d 1124 · 1994
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently November 2021 · most notably Bryson v. Chicago State University (1996), McDowell v. Krawchison (1997)
9 federal appellate · 6 district ·
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.
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1161 (§ 601 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1162 (§ 602 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1163 (§ 603 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1166 (§ 606 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1167 (§ 607 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 702 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon · Karazanos v. Navistar International Transportation Corp. · Rodriguez-Abreu v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. · Production and Maintenance Employees' Local v. Roadmaster Corporation C O N
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In exercising that discretion the court should take into consideration the presence or absence of good faith on Unitel's part in putting forth the gross misconduct defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“it would be strange for an employee to have the power to preempt his employer's decision to terminate him for gross misconduct [by quitting first].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“ under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (”
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.