Oldenburger v. Central States Southeast & Southwest Areas Teamster Pension Fund’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions

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

1. “[A] denial of benefits challenged under § 1132(a)(1)(B) is to be reviewed under a de novo standard unless the benefit plan gives the administrator discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits or to construe the terms of the plan.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stock v. Share · Ravenscraft

2. “Trustees, by majority action, shall have the power to construe the provisions of this Agreement and the terms and regulations of the Health and Welfare Plan; and any construction adopted by the Trustees in good faith shall be binding upon the Union, Employees, and Employers.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Collins v. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Health & Welfare Fund

3. “We limit our review to the evidence that was before a pension fund's board of trustees when the final decision was made.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Chambers v. Family Health Plan Corp.