Long Island Oil Products Co. v. Local 553 Pension Fund’s Empirical Analysis
775 F.2d 24 · 1985
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1322A (§ 4022a of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1384 (§ 4204 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1461 (§ 4402 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · Ferguson v. Skrupa · Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co. · Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. v. Missouri · Olsen v. State of Nebraska Western Reference & Bond Association
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he Constitution does not require that Congress provide a detailed justification for its actions. And, while the existence of detailed legislative history occasionally provides valuable assistance to courts interpreting legislation, there is no power to require it. In R.A. Gray & Co., for example, the Court observed “We have doubts ... that retroactive application of the MPPAA would be invalid under the Due Process Clause for lack of notice even if it was suddenly enacted by Congress without any period of deliberate consideration, as often occurs with floor amendments or ‘riders’ added at the last minute to pending legislation.” 104 S.Ct. at 2719.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“It is not the judiciary’s task to balance the economic costs and benefits of a challenged Act, or to measure it against a particular social or economic philosophy (citation omitted). Under our constitutional system, it is for Congress, not the courts, to decide whether legislation is wise and useful, (citation omitted). And so we must defer to the legislature’s efforts to regulate economic affairs, asking only in a given case whether Congress had a legitimate legislative purpose which it furthered by rational means.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Congress singled out a group of employers it believed were treated unfairly under the provisions of a previous Act. That determination seems reasonable. Congress acted to correct this perceived inequity____ Such legislation may not be stricken simply because it arguably shifts some burdens to multi-employer plans, other employers, and the PBGC; nor should a court consider itself a ‘super-legislature’ and reevaluate the balance that Congress has struck, (citations eliminated).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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