Cole v. Meritor, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
855 F.3d 695 · 2017
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 185 (§ 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act))
Relies on Litton Financial Printing Div., Litton Business Systems, Inc. v. NLRB · Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. · Salmi v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · International Union United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America Uaw v. Yard-Man Incorporated · 135 S. Ct. 926 - M&G Polymers United States, LLC v. Tackett
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he caps section of the 2000 CBA indicates that the parties contemplated that retiree healthcare benefits would continue .... But the fact that they anticipated, or even hoped, that these benefits would continue does not mean that Meritor is bound to provide these benefits for the life of the retirees.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Consistent with traditional contract interpretation principles and with prior precedents of the Supreme Court, 'contractual obligations will cease, in the ordinary course, upon termination of the bargaining agreement.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“ordinary principles of contract law ... dictate that 'contractual obligations will cease, in the ordinary course, upon termination of the bargaining agreement.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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