Rodd v. Region Construction Co.’s Empirical Analysis
783 F.2d 89 · 1986
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently January 2026 · most notably United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America v. Pleasant Street Corporation United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (1992), United States of America v. One Toshiba Color Television (2000)
12 federal appellate ·
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
reviewedthe decision below (from Puerto Rico District Court)
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Mariash v. Morrill · Fitzsimmons v. Barton · Asklar v. Honeywell, Inc.
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he reasonable time criterion of Rule 60(b) as it relates to void judgments means no time limit.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The intention of Congress was to extend service of process nationwide in ERISA matters because public policy justifies requiring persons who violate its provisions to defend themselves in courts across the country. This reasoning was not intended to apply to a party, such as respondent, who has no involvement whatsoever with the pension or profit sharing plan.”
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.