Harris v. Pullman Standard, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
809 F.2d 1495 · 1987
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently October 2016 · most notably Brown v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc. (1990), Jett v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc. (1989)
24 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (§ 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Sims v. Central Intelligence Agency · Blau v. Del Monte Corporation · Dennard v. Richards Group, Inc. · Sly v. Pr Mallory & Company Inc · Holland v. Burlington Industries, 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the uniformity of the administrator’s construction; (2) the “fair reading” and reasonableness of his interpretation; (3) the concern for unanticipated costs to the health plan; (4) the internal consistency of the plan under the interpretation given by the administrator; (5) any regulations by appropriate agencies; and (6) the factual background of the determination as well as any inferences of lack of good faith.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“for all involuntary terminations, other than lay-off, the termination allowance will be granted”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[f]or all involuntary terminations, other than [a] 'lay off,' a termination allowance will be granted....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.