Mell v. Anthem, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
688 F.3d 280 · 2012
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Savoie v. Grange Mutual Insurance · White v. Baxter Healthcare Corp. · Burris v. Grange Mutual Companies · Talley v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, & Helpers, Local No. 377
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.
“a [p]erson who (a) is a [s]tatutory [m]ember of Anthem Insurance on the [a]doption [d]ate [June 18, 2001] and continues to be a [s]tatutory [m]ember of Anthem Insurance on the [e]ffective [d]ate [November 2, 2001], and (b) has had continuous health care benefits coverage with the same company during the period between those two dates under any [p]olicy or [p]olicies without a break of more than one day.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gold v. Rowland“[n]o [e]nrollee ... shall receive any equity rights by virtue of being an [e]nrollee ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gold v. Rowland
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.