Rodriguez’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 10 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently July 2017 · most notably Gable v. Sweetheart Cup Co. (1994), Nos. 94-1234, 94-1301 (1994)
3 federal appellate · 10 district · 1 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
Relies on Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux · National Labor Relations Board v. Amax Coal Co. · Blau v. Del Monte Corporation · Menhorn 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Courts have interpreted these provisions to require notice to plan participants of changes in a plan’s provisions and an opportunity after such notice for the participant to take action. Plan participants should not lose pension benefits through mistakes and misunderstandings. “Congress promulgated the fiduciary duty and other provisions of ERISA, ... to ensure that plan participants would receive effective notice of any plan changes that might affect their pension rights.... ” Application of an overriding fiduciary standard of fairness was Congress’ goal because it was “grossly unfair to hold an employee accountable for acts which disqualify him from benefits, if he had no knowledge of these acts.... ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An ERISA cause of action does not accrue until a claim of benefits has been made and formally denied.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“exceptions to ERISA's preemption provisions”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. No. 96-1996
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.