Reich v. Compton’s Empirical Analysis
57 F.3d 270 · 1995
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 7 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2019 · most notably LOCKHEED CORP. Et Al. v. SPINK (1996), Harris Trust and Savings Bank As Trustee for the Ameritech Pension Trust v. Salomon Smith Barney Inc (2000)
15 federal appellate · 7 district · 4 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 26 U.S.C. § 4975 (§ 2003 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. § 1104 (§ 404 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1105 (§ 405 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1106 (§ 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1108 (§ 408 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. § 1114 (§ 414 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Missouri v. Continential Insurance Cos. · Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Russell · Mertens v. Hewitt Associates
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] fiduciary with respect to [the] plan”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[Subsection (a)(1)(D) ] prohibits the direct or indirect transfer of any plan income or assets to or for the benefit of a party-in-interest. It also prohibits the use of plan income or assets by or for the benefit of any party-in-interest. As in other situations, this prohibited transaction may occur even though there has not been a transfer of money or property between the plan and a party-in-interest.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[c]ourts may find it difficult or impossible to undo such illegal transactions unless they have jurisdiction over all parties who allegedly participated in them.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. LeBlanc v. Cahill · Reich v. Stangl
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.