Taylor v. General Motors Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
763 F.2d 216 · 1985
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2002
9 federal appellate · 1 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (§ 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Franchise Tax Board of the State of California v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern California · Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley · Simon Taylor v. Joe Anderson · Donovan v. Dillingham · Olguin v. Inspiration Consolidated Copper 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t is not 'clearly established' that actions for benefits allegedly due under a group insurance policy 'necessarily' arises under federal law simply because the insurance policy is a part of an overall benefit plan established by ERISA.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“where the well-pleaded complaint in this instance failed to raise a federal question.”
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.