Maez v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
54 F.3d 1488 · 1995
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 46 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 109 later decisions — most recently July 2022 · most notably Woodworker's Supply, Inc. v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance (1999), Bauchman v. West High School (1997)
38 federal appellate · 46 district · 1 state decisions
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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1447 · 28 U.S.C. § 455 · 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 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. § 1102 (§ 402 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1103 (§ 403 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Russell · Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon · California v. ARC America Corp.
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 109 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`erect a powerful presumption against rejecting pleadings for failure to state a claim.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(i) he exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting management of such plan or exercises any authority or control respecting management or disposition of its assets , (ii) he renders investment advice for a fee or other compensation, direct or indirect, with respect to any moneys or other property of such plan, or has any authority or responsibility to do so, or (iii) he has any discretionary authority or discretionary responsibility in the administration of such plan.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any person to discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or discriminate against a participant or beneficiary for exercising any right to which he is entitled under the provisions of an employee benefit plan ... or for the purpose of interfering with the attainment of any right to which such participant may become entitled.”
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.