Lackey v. Whitehall Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1140 (§ 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on 412 So. 2d 461 - Swartz v. Swartz · Barrowclough v. Kidder, Peabody & Co. · Cooper v. State · 336 So. 2d 586 - Filmon v. State · Hurt v. Leatherby Ins. 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“deferred compensation provisions are terms included as part of the employment agreements with select individuals, and not an ERISA covered benefit plan”
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.