Whitaker v. Texaco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (§ 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1003 (§ 4 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. § 1109 (§ 409 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1131 (§ 501 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. § 1144 (§ 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 151 (§ 1 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on Rodriguez v. United States · United Mine Workers, Local No. 1854 v. National Labor Relations Board · International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Russell · Dependahl v. Falstaff Brewing Corp. · Wardle v. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund
Most-quoted passages
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“"[T]he legislative history of ERISA indicates that Congress did not want to burden employers with additional costs and requirements in order to insure the future of the voluntary pension and benefit plans. Congress also indicated its preference for criminal sanctions, rather than punitive damages, as a deterrent to willful violations of ERISA by adopting 29 U.S.C. § 1131 ." (Footnotes omitted.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e do not think punitive damages are provided for in ERISA. Ordinarily punitive damages are not presumed; they are not the norm; and nowhere in ERISA are they mentioned. If Congress had desired to provide for punitive damages, it could have easily so stated, as it has in other acts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“`Equitable or remedial relief' and `equitable relief' do not encompass punitive damages as punitive damages are not `equitable'.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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