Murphy v. Heppenstall Co.’s Empirical Analysis
635 F.2d 233 · 1980
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions — most recently January 2016 · most notably United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (1986), Northeast Department ILGWU Health & Welfare Fund v. Teamsters Local Union No. 229 Welfare Fund (1985)
42 federal appellate · 4 district ·
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
Relies on Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · Katz v. Carte Blanche Corp. · Fiorella v. United States · Ruhm v. Turner
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ny benefit properly payable pursuant to this Agreement shall continue to be payable, notwithstanding the termination or expiration of this Agreement.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“for pension payments due retired employees.... It is not inconsistent with the statutory scheme to permit employees to recover directly from the employer any additional benefits to which the employer has contractually obligated itself.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In enacting ERISA, Congress authorized the evolution of a federal common law of pension plans.”
3 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.