Chait v. Bernstein’s Empirical Analysis
835 F.2d 1017 · 1987
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently August 2011 · most notably Musto v. American General Corp. (1988), Gluck v. Unisys Corp. (1992)
38 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1341 (§ 4041 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1343 (§ 4043 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1344 (§ 4044 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Russell · Moore v. Texas · Amato v. Western Union International, Inc. · Newark Morning Ledger Company, a Corporation of the State of New Jersey v. The United States of America · Bruch v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no ... amendment shall authorize or permit any part of the funds held under the Plan to be used for or diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the Employees.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“courts ... always bear in mind the ultimate consideration whether allowance or disallowance of particular relief would best effectuate the underlying purposes of ERISA--enforcement of strict fiduciary standards of care in the administration of all aspects of pension plans and promotion of the best interests of participants and beneficiaries.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“defines termination for the purpose of vesting certain unvested employee benefits for workers who would otherwise be left out in the cold after a drastic and sudden change in the plan”
2 later decisions 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.