Deckard v. Interstate Bakeries Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
704 F.3d 528 · 2013
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1162 (§ 602 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1166 (§ 606 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Buckhannon Board and Care Home Incs v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources · Mertens v. Hewitt Associates · Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. Knudson · Ruckelshaus v. Sierra Club · Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In exercising its discretion to impose statutory damages, a court primarily should consider 'the prejudice to the plaintiff and the nature of the plan administrator's conduct.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“finding of bad faith typically requires a willful failure”
1 later decision 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.