International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America & its Local 784 v. Cadillac Malleable Iron Co.’s Empirical Analysis
728 F.2d 807 · 1984
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently September 2008 · most notably Armistead v. Vernitron Corp. (1991), Golden v. Kelsey-Hayes Co. (1996)
23 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Monton · International Union United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America Uaw v. Yard-Man Incorporated · Bower v. Bunker Hill Co. · Upholsterers' International Union of North America v. American Pad & Textile 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is no legal presumption based on the status of retired employees.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“ benefits which, as such, carry with them an inference that they continue so long as the prerequisite status is maintained. Thus, when the parties contract for benefits which accrue upon achievement of retiree status, there is an inference that the parties likely intended those benefits to continue as long as the beneficiary remains a retiree. 30 Id. at 1482; see also Policy, 770 F.2d at 613 (”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n light of the inherent duration of the retirement status beyond any particular contract, the nature of retirement benefits as deferred compensation for service, and the federal policy in favor of the protection of legitimate employee expectations, it is reasonable to adopt a rule of construction which creates a presumption in favor of vested retirement benefits in the absence of clear evidence indicating a contrary intention.”
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.