Amato v. Bernard

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that there are occasions when the exhaustion requirement does not apply, particularly where “resort to the administrative route is futile”
• holding that “federal courts have the authority to enforce the exhaustion requirement in suits under ERISA, and that as a matter of sound policy they should usually do so”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

66 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Scott v. Gulf Oil Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-03-06· cited 261×
• Halo v. Yale Health Plan, Director of Benefits & Records Yale University
  Second Circuit· 2016-04-12· cited 136×
• Chorosevic v. MetLife Choices
  Eighth Circuit· 2010-04-02· cited 115×
• Vaught v. Scottsdale Healthcare Corp. Health Plan
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-09-29· cited 101×
• Hall v. National Gypsum Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-02-06· cited 98×
• John Mason v. Continental Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-21· cited 73×
• Terri Gatti v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, Terri Gatti v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-07-22· cited 73×
• Cheryl Wallace v. Oakwood Hosp.
  Sixth Circuit· 2020-03-31· cited 64×
• MacK v. Kuckenmeister
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-07-22· cited 63×
• Almont Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
  C.D. California· 2015-04-10· cited 60×
• In Re Managed Care Litigation
  S.D. Florida· 2003-12-08· cited 54×
• Bilyeu v. Morgan Stanley Long Term Disability Plan
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-06-20· cited 50×
• Salvador Martin v. Construction Laborer's Pension Trust for Southern California
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-10-28· cited 45×
• In re Wellpoint, Inc. Out-of-Network \UCR\ Rates Litigation
  C.D. California· 2012-09-06· cited 40×
• In re WellPoint, Inc. Out-of-Network \UCR\ Rates Litigation
  C.D. California· 2011-08-11· cited 39×
• Leo Noga v. Fulton Financial Corp Employee
  Third Circuit· 2021-11-26· cited 24×
• Lottinger v. Shell Oil Co.
  S.D. Texas· 2001-05-16· cited 19×
• Richards v. Fleetboston Financial Corp.
  D. Connecticut· 2006-03-31· cited 19×
• Allen v. American Home Foods, Inc.
  N.D. Indiana· 1986-10-14· cited 17×
• Kesselman v. THE RAWLINGS CO., LLC
  S.D. New York· 2009-11-13· cited 17×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala.
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-03· cited 2,816×
• Malone v. White Motor Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1978-04-03· cited 541×
• National Labor Relations Board v. Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers of America
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-27· cited 293×
• Amato v. Bernard
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-05-08· cited 251×
• Morgan v. Laborers Pension Trust Fund for N. Cal.
  N.D. California· 1977-06-08· cited 59×
• Taylor v. Bakery & Confectionary Union & Industry International Welfare Fund
  E.D. North Carolina· 1978-07-13· cited 45×
• Fox v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1978-06-28· cited 45×
• Lewis v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1977-04-21· cited 36×
• Frank Winterberger v. General Teamsters Auto Truck Drivers and Helpers Local Union 162 and Joseph M. Edgar
  Ninth Circuit· 1977-08-05· cited 34×
• Lucas v. Warner & Swasey Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1979-09-04· cited 31×
• National Labor Relations Board v. United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America, Local 1913
  Ninth Circuit· 1976-02-12· cited 30×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1973-06-29· cited 13×
• National Labor Relations Board v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 1913
  Ninth Circuit· 1972-09-20· cited 2×