Berges v. Standard Insurance’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
17 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Glenn · Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord · Adler v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“are to be treated separately; the denial of one does not require the grant of another.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“To the extent the cross-motions overlap, however, the Court may address the legal arguments together.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.