Starr v. Metro Systems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
461 F.3d 1036 · 2006
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently February 2020
10 federal appellate · 5 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. § 1166 (§ 606 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Fogerty Fantasy Inc · Lawrence v. Westerhaus · Kerr v. Charles F. Vatterott & Co. · Martin v. Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield · Chesnut v. Montgomery
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In exercising its discretion to impose statutory damages, a court primarily should consider 'the prejudice to the plaintiff and the nature of the plan administrator's conduct.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the degree of culpability or bad faith of the opposing party; (2) the ability of the opposing party to pay attorney fees; (3) whether an award of attorney fees against the opposing party might have a future deterrent effect under similar circumstances; (4) whether the parties requesting attorney fees sought to benefit all participants and beneficiaries of a plan or to resolve a significant legal question regarding ERISA itself; and (5) the relative merits of the parties’ positions.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“may in the court's discretion be personally liable”
2 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.