Bell v. Pfizer Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1022 (§ 102 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1024 (§ 104 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1104 (§ 404 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. § 1133 (§ 503 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Varity Corporation v. Howe · Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. Knudson · Philip Schnabel v. Gary Abramson Legal Aid Society of Orange County Inc · Guilbert v. Gardner · Moore v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Many of the documents I have state that retirement is defined by the “rule of 90” or by age >55 + 15 years of credible service. However, we know that under the older, but still honored rule, there is the option to retire at age > 50 w/ receipt of pre-93 pension. I hope I’m correct that this applies to retention of previously granted stock options. Can you please confirm this as this is key to my decision to retire.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bell v. Pfizer, Inc.
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.