Holland’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 26 district · 20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 137 later decisions — most recently March 2013 · most notably Doe v. Group Hospitalization & Medical Services (1993), Coleman v. Nationwide Life Insurance Company (1992)
14 federal appellate · 26 district · 20 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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 Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Massachusetts · Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority · Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. · Rice v. Norman Williams 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 137 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[e]xcept as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of this chapter shall supersede any and all State laws insofar as they may now or hereafter relate to any employee benefit plan.... [Such laws include] all laws, decisions, rules, regulations, or other State action having the effect of law.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Preemption applies to a state cause of action under common law as well, for the state breach of contract and estoppel claims pose the same potential as the statutory cause of action for conflicting employer obligations and variable standards of recovery. As in Gilbert [v. Burlington Industries, Inc., 765 F.2d 320 (2nd Cir. 1985) ], “the state law claims ... would determine whether any benefits are paid, and directly affect the administration of benefits under the plan.”” Id. at 1147 (citation omitted).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Any plan, fund or program ... established or maintained by an employer ... to the extent such plan, fund or program is maintained for the purpose of providing for its participants ... through the purchase of insurance or otherwise (a) ... benefits in the event of unemployment. ...””
4 later decisions 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.