Herman v. Meiselman’s Empirical Analysis
541 F.3d 59 · 2008
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1110 (§ 410 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord · United States v. Zannino · Taylor v. Sturgell · Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp. · Arizona v. California
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“both Massachusetts law and federal common law apply the same analytical factors in deciding claim preclusion questions.”
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.