Gordon v. Cigna Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
890 F.3d 463 · 2018
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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. § 1101 (§ 401 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. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Mertens v. Hewitt Associates · Pegram v. Herdrich · John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co Harris Trust and Savings Bank Sperry Master Retirement Trust No · Hill v. Lockheed Martin Logistics Management, Inc. · Diduck v. Kaszycki & Sons Contractors, 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he Department of Labor ... that 'the assets of a plan generally are to be identified on the basis of ordinary notions of property rights under non-ERISA law.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to notify [the employee] that he needed to submit additional evidence of insurability - while simultaneously collecting premiums for unapproved coverage.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In every case charging breach of ERISA fiduciary duty . . . the threshold question is . . . whether that person was acting as a fiduciary”
1 later decision 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.