27 Wage & Hour Cas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 9 district · 6 state decisions

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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man ... would use.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. William v. Bidwill James Kensil Michael Lynn, Individually and as Members of the Retirement Board of the Bert Bell Nfl Player Retirement Plan Appointed by the National Football League Management Council Pursuant to Section 8.1(b) of the Plan, National Football League Management Council the Five Smiths, Inc., D/B/A Atlanta Falcons Buffalo Bills, Inc., D/B/A Buffalo Bills Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc., D/B/A Chicago Bears Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., D/B/A Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns, Inc., D/B/A Cleveland Browns Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Inc., D/B/A Dallas Cowboys Pdb Sports, Ltd., D/B/A Denver Broncos the Detroit Lions, Inc., D/B/A Detroit Lions the Green Bay Packers, Inc., D/B/A Green Bay Packers Houston Oilers, Inc., D/B/A Houston Oilers Indianapolis Colts, Inc., D/B/A Indianapolis Colts Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Incorporated, D/B/A Kansas City Chiefs the Los Angeles Raiders, Ltd., D/B/A Los Angeles Raiders Los Angeles Rams Football Company, Inc., D/B/A Los Angeles Rams Miami Dolphins, Ltd., D/B/A Miami Dolphins Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc., D/B/A Minnesota Vikings New England Patriots Football Club, Inc., D/B/A New England Patriots the New Orleans Saints, D/B/A New Orleans Saints New York Football Giants, Inc., D/B/A New York Giants New York Jets Football Club, Inc., D/B/A New York Jets the Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc., D/B/A Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc., D/B/A Pittsburgh Steelers Chargers Football Company, D/B/A San Diego Chargers San Francisco Forty-Niners, Ltd., D/B/A San Francisco 49ers Seattle Professional Football, D/B/A Seattle Seahawks St. Louis Football Cardinals Co., D/B/A St. Louis Cardinals Tampa Bay Area Nfl Football, Inc., D/B/A Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pro-Football, Inc., D/B/A Washington Redskins v. Edward R. Garvey Tom Condon Danny M. Jiggets, Individually and as Members of the Retirement Board of the Bert Bell Nfl Player Retirement Plan Appointed by the National Football League Players Association Pursuant to Section 8.1(a) of the Plan, and National Football League, Edward R. Garvey Tom Condon Danny M. Jiggets, Individually and as Members of the Retirement Board of the Bert Bell Nfl Player Retirement Plan Appointed by the National Football League Players Association Pursuant to Section 8.1(a) of the Plan v. National Football League, and National Football League Management Council the Five Smiths, Inc., D/B/A Atlanta Falcons Buffalo Bills, Inc., D/B/A Buffalo Bills Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc., D/B/A Chicago Bears Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., D/B/A Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns, Inc., D/B/A Cleveland Browns Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Inc., D/B/A Dallas Cowboys Pdb Sports, Ltd., D/B/A Denver Broncos the Detroit Lions, Inc., D/B/A Detroit Lions the Green Bay Packers, Inc., D/b/a/ Green Bay Packers Houston Oilers, Inc., D/B/A Houston Oilers Indianapolis Colts, Inc., D/B/A Indianapolis Colts Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc., D/B/A Kansas City Chiefs the Los Angeles Raiders, Ltd., D/B/A Los Angeles Raiders Los Angeles Rams Football Company, Inc., D/B/A Los Angeles Rams Miami Dolphins, Ltd., D/B/A Miami Dolphins Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc., D/B/A Minnesota Vikings New England Patriots Football Club, Inc., D/B/A New England Patriots the New Orleans Saints, D/B/A New Orleans Saints New York Football Giants, Inc., D/B/A New York Giants New York Jets Football Club, Inc., D/B/A New York Jets the Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc., D/B/A Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc., D/B/A Pittsburgh Steelers Chargers Football Company, D/B/A San Diego Chargers San Francisco Forty-Niners, Ltd. Seattle Professional Football, D/B/A Seattle Seahawks St. Louis Football Cardinals Co., D/B/A St. Louis Cardinals Tampa Bay Area Nfl Football, Inc., D/B/A Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pro-Football, Inc., D/B/A Washington Redskins, Edward R. Garvey Tom Condon Danny M. Jiggets, Individually and as Members of the Retirement Board of the Bert Bell Nfl Player Retirement Plan Appointed by the National Football League Players Association Pursuant to Section 8.1(a) of the Plan v. National Football League, and National Football League Management Council the Five Smiths, Inc., D/B/A Atlanta Falcons Buffalo Bills, Inc., D/B/A Buffalo Bills Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc., D/B/A Chicago Bears Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., D/B/A Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns, Inc., D/B/A Cleveland Browns Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Inc., D/B/A Dallas Cowboys Pdb Sports, Ltd., D/B/A Denver Broncos the Detroit Lions, Inc., D/B/A Detroit Lions the Green Bay Packers, Inc., D/b/a/ Green Bay Packers Houston Oilers, Inc., D/B/A Houston Oilers Indianapolis Colts, Inc., D/B/A Indianapolis Colts Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc., D/B/A Kansas City Chiefs the Los Angeles Raiders, Ltd., D/B/A Los Angeles Raiders Los Angeles Rams Football Company, Inc., D/B/A Los Angeles Rams Miami Dolphins, Ltd., D/B/A Miami Dolphins Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc., D/B/A Minnesota Vikings New England Patriots Football Club, Inc., D/B/A New England Patriots the New Orleans Saints, D/B/A New Orleans Saints New York Football Giants, Inc., D/B/A New York Giants New York Jets Football Club, Inc., D/B/A New York Jets the Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, Inc., D/B/A Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc., D/B/A Pittsburgh Steelers Chargers Football Company, D/B/A San Diego Chargers San Francisco Forty-Niners, Ltd., D/B/A San Francisco 49ers Seattle Professional Football, D/B/A Seattle Seahawks St. Louis Football Cardinals Co., D/B/A St. Louis Cardinals Tampa Bay Area Nfl Football, Inc., D/B/A Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pro-Football, Inc., D/B/A Washington Redskins · Bidwill

2. “Any person who is a fiduciary with respect to a plan who breaches any of the responsibilities, obligations, or duties imposed upon fiduciaries by this subchapter shall be personally liable to make good to such plan any losses to the plan resulting from each such breach, and to restore to such plan any profits of such fiduciary which have been made through use of assets of the plan by the fiduciary, and shall be subject to such other equitable or remedial relief as the court may deem appropriate, incluch ing removal of such fiduciary. A fiduciary may also be removed for a violation of section 1111 of this title.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Haberern v. Kaupp Vascular Surgeons Ltd. Defined Benefit Pension Plan · Gruber v. Hubbard Bert Karle Weber, Inc.

3. “(a) Persons empowered to bring a civil action. A civil action may be brought— 1.) by a participant or beneficiary— A.) ... B.) To recover benefits due to him under the terms of his plan, to enforce his rights under the terms of the plan, or to clarify his rights to future benefits under the terms of the plan. 2.) by the Secretary, or by a participant, beneficiary or fiduciary for appropriate relief under section 1109 of this title.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gruber v. Hubbard Bert Karle Weber, Inc. · 850 F. Supp. 1325 - Richards v. General Motors Corp.