Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that ERISA plan administrators “are not obliged to accord special deference to the opinions of treating physicians”
• acknowledging that physicians retained by benefit plans “may have an incentive to make a finding of ‘not disabled’”
• “Nothing in the Act itself ... suggests that plan administrators must accord special deference to the opinions of treating physicians.”
• addressing rule of giving “special weight” to treating physician

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Leslie Woods v. Kilolo Kijakazi
  Ninth Circuit· 2022-04-22· cited 1,825×
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Glenn
  Supreme Court· 2008-06-19· cited 1,751×
• Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-21· cited 1,620×
• Abatie v. Alta Health & Life Ins. Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-08-15· cited 618×
• Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court· 2013-12-16· cited 359×
• Linda Gail Calvert v. Firstar Finance, Inc., F/k/a Star Bank Corporation, and Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
  First Circuit· 2005-05-17· cited 280×
• Zinta Harner v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner
  Eleventh Circuit· 2022-06-27· cited 267×
• Wanda Glenn v. Metlife (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company) and Long Term Disability Plan for Associates of Sears, Roebuck and Company
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-09-01· cited 260×
• Dennis Paese v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company
  Second Circuit· 2006-05-24· cited 214×
• Montour v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-11-19· cited 214×
• EUGENE S. v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
  Tenth Circuit· 2011-11-15· cited 205×
• Salomaa v. Honda Long Term Disability Plan
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-03-07· cited 202×
• Patricia Elliott v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-11-15· cited 202×
• Orndorf v. Paul Revere Life Insurance
  First Circuit· 2005-04-15· cited 181×
• Saffon v. Wells Fargo & Co. Long Term Disability Plan
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-04-16· cited 181×
• M&G Polymers United States, LLC v. Tackett
  Supreme Court· 2015-01-26· cited 178×
• Donald Jebian v. Hewlett-Packard Company Employee Benefits Organization Income Protection Plan Erisa Plan
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-11-25· cited 173×
• Richard Kalish v. Liberty Mutual/liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-08-18· cited 166×
• Blankenship v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-06-30· cited 165×
• Vicki Jordan v. Northrop Grumman Corporation Welfare Benefit Plan Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-06-01· cited 164×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 20,645×
• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 6,595×
• Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 3,459×
• Cleveland v. Policy Management Systems Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1999-05-24· cited 1,210×
• City of Milwaukee v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1981-04-28· cited 543×
• LOCKHEED CORP. Et Al. v. SPINK
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-10· cited 525×
• Jane Donaho v. Fmc Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, as Plan Administrator of the Fmc Long-Term Disability Plan
  Eighth Circuit· 1996-01-31· cited 220×
• Brenda Elliott v. Sara Lee Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-09-14· cited 142×
• Jack R. Salley, Individually and on Behalf of His Minor Daughter, Danielle Salley, Cross-Appellants. v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co., Cross-Appellees
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-07-27· cited 108×
• Frank Regula v. Delta Family-Care Disability Survivorship Plan
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-09-24· cited 84×
• Delta Family-Care Disability and Survivorship Plan v. Harold Marshall
  Eighth Circuit· 2001-07-31· cited 63×
• Jon P. Dray v. Railroad Retirement Board
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-12-01· cited 42×
• Turner v. Delta Family-Care Disability & Survivorship Plan
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-04-09· cited 37×
• Kenneth L. Nord v. The Black & Decker Disability Plan
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-07-15· cited 22×
• Margaret E. White, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  Federal Circuit· 2001-03-27· cited 18×
• Pietrunti v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
  Second Circuit· 1997-07-21· cited 10×

Other cases named Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord
  Supreme Court· 2003-01-10· cited 1×
• Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord
  Supreme Court· 2003-04-18
• Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord
  Supreme Court· 2003-01-10