Lawrence v. Westerhaus’s Empirical Analysis
780 F.2d 1321 · 1985
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Buller v. Buechler · Short v. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund · Bueneman v. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund · Torimino v. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Industry Pension Fund
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[c]laimants for benefits under private pension plans may obtain judicial review of denials of their claims under section 502 of ERISA [29 U.S.C. Sec. 1132]. Federal courts may overturn a decision of private pension fund fiduciaries only if the decision is arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“no genuine issue as to any material fact and * * * the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
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.