Vaughter v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 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) · 45 U.S.C. § 153 (Railway Labor Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 184 (Railway Labor Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 185 (Railway Labor Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 5108
Relies on Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · Goss v. Board of Education · International Association of Machinists v. Central Airlines Inc · Gunther v. San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Co. · Barrett v. United States
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.
“consisting of all those pilots employed by [Eastern] at any time between October 1, 1947 and June 1, 1965 (who may be retired or may still be on active duty) who made voluntary contributions”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“any cause of action which arose, or any act or omission which occurred, before January 1, 1975.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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