McLaughlin v. Compton’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (§ 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1104 (§ 404 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1105 (§ 405 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1106 (§ 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1109 (§ 409 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1114 (§ 414 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Russell · Mertens v. Hewitt Associates · First National City Bank v. Banco Para El Comercio Exterior De Cuba · Lavespere v. Niagara Machine & Tool Works, Inc. · Witherspoon v. Illinois
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A fiduciary with respect to a plan shall not cause the plan to engage in a transaction, if he knows or should know that such transaction constitutes ... a direct or indirect ... use ... for the benefit of a party in interest, of any assets of the plan.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]s of June 30, 1987, EMA owed Local 98 $316,328.00 consisting primarily of salary and other expenses paid by Local 98 for EMA”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Reich v. Compton“exclusive authority and discretion in the investment of the Fund....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Reich v. Compton
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.