Stacey v. Combs’s Empirical Analysis
671 F.2d 602 · 1982
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
February 1987
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Roark v. Boyle · Thomas Lavella v. W. A. Boyle · Saunders v. Teamsters Local 639
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“After workers have retired and unalterably changed their ability to satisfy new eligibility requirements for pension benefits, it is arbitrary and capricious for the managers of a pension trust to change the eligibility requirements for benefits against those retired workers who, given the continuance of their factual situation and the inexorable passage of time, would qualify for benefits under the requirements existing at the time of their retirement and upon which they relied. 671 F.2d at 606 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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