Phillips’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate ·

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... a single-employer plan may be terminated only in a standard termination under subsection (b) of this section or a distress termination under subsection (c) of this section.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 1998 T.C. Memo. 440 - Gant v. Commissioner · American Flint Glass Workers Union v. Beaumont Glass Co.

2. “strict compliance with * * * 29 U.S.C. sec. 1341 is the sole means by which a pension plan subject to the provisions of ERISA may be terminated.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 1998 T.C. Memo. 440 - Gant v. Commissioner · American Flint Glass Workers Union v. Beaumont Glass Co.