Chiles v. Ceridian Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
95 F.3d 1505 · 1996
Citation profile
80 federal appellate · 33 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 164 later decisions — most recently December 2021 · most notably Grosz-Salomon v. Paul Revere Life Insurance (2001), Vallone v. CNA Financial Corp. (2004)
80 federal appellate · 33 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 · Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · Carstea v. Poplar Tree Homeowners Ass'n · United States v. Monton · Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. Schoonejongen
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 164 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“its common and ordinary meaning as a reasonable person in the position of the [plan] participant, not the actual participant, would have understood the words.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[c]ase law suggests ... that to secure relief, Govoni must show some significant reliance upon, or possible prejudice flowing from, the faulty plan description”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n interpreting the terms of an ERISA plan we examine the plan documents as a whole and, if unambiguous, we construe them as a matter of law.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. John D. Allison William C. Hopkins, Jr. Galen G. McFayden Kirk R. Peterson Julie E. Peterson John W. Latta Nanette B. Latta James T. Link, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants v. Bank One-Denver, Formerly Known as Affiliated National Bank-Denver, Formerly Known as Denver National Bank, a National Banking Association, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee. Roger K. Crosby, Trustee of the Trust Created Under the Crosby Group, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan v. Bank One-Denver, Formerly Known as Affiliated National Bank-Denver, Formerly Known as Denver National Bank, a National Banking Association, John D. Allison William C. Hopkins, Jr. Galen G. McFayden Kirk R. Peterson Julie E. Peterson John W. Latta Nanette B. Latta James T. Link, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Cross-Appellees v. Bank One-Denver, Formerly Known as Affiliated National Bank-Denver, Formerly Known as Denver National Bank, a National Banking Association, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Appellant. Roger K. Crosby, Trustee of the Trust Created Under the Crosby Group, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellee v. Bank One-Denver, Formerly Known as Affiliated National Bank-Denver, Formerly Known as Denver National Bank, a National Banking Association, Defendant-Cross-Appellant. John D. Allison William C. Hopkins, Jr. Galen G. McFayden Kirk R. Peterson Julie E. Peterson John W. Latta Nanette B. Latta James T. Link, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees v. Bank One-Denver, Formerly Known as Affiliated National Bank-Denver, Formerly Known as Denver National Bank, a National Banking Association, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant. Roger K. Crosby, Trustee of the Trust Created Under the Crosby Group, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Bank One-Denver, Formerly Known as Affiliated National Bank-Denver, Formerly Known as Denver National Bank, a National Banking Association, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee · Life Insurance Company of North America v. Centennial Life Insurance Company
How this case has been treated — in progress
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