Vasseur v. Halliburton Co.’s Empirical Analysis
950 F.2d 1002 · 1992
Citation profile
15 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. § 1053 (§ 203 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1102 (§ 402 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 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Webster v. Reproductive Health Services · Salsbury Industries v. United States · In re Disbarment of Cooper · Hansen v. Continental Insurance
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n employer can oblige itself contractually to maintain benefits at a certain level in ways that are not mandated by ERISA.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“unless the benefit Plan gives the administrator or fiduciary discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits or to construe the terms of the Plan.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[b]ecause the applicable plan gives the plan administrator discretion to construe plan terms, the arbitrary and capricious standard applies,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.