Blau v. Del Monte Corporation

How courts have described this case

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

• “[t]he administrator of an employee welfare benefit plan ... has no discretion to secrete the plan, to flout the reporting, disclosure and fiduciary obligations imposed by ERISA, or to deny benefits in contravention of the plan’s plain terms”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Robert Thomas v. Oregon Fruit Products (Tmc) Company
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-10-05· cited 1×
• Humana, Inc. v. Perez
  Florida Circuit Courts· 1991-03-30
• Mackey v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  D. Montana· 1986-10-20

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Donovan v. Dillingham
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-10-15· cited 442×
• Blau v. Del Monte Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-12-05· cited 326×
• Dependahl v. Falstaff Brewing Corp.
  Eighth Circuit· 1981-06-30· cited 259×
• Claude Wardle, Sr. v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund
  Seventh Circuit· 1980-08-14· cited 255×
• Jerome R. Lewis v. Time Incorporated
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-07-12· cited 195×
• George Wolfe v. J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-06-22· cited 153×
• Lojek v. Thomas
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-09-22· cited 152×
• M. D. Rutledge v. Electric Hose & Rubber Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1975-03-03· cited 145×
• John I. Calamia v. Price Spivey, Administrator of Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plan
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-12-17· cited 138×
• Dennard v. Richards Group, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-07-26· cited 110×
• In re Vorpahl
  Eighth Circuit· 1982-12-17· cited 101×
• James W. Sly and Schorling Schneider on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. P.R. Mallory & Company, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-07-29· cited 95×
• George J. Malhiot, and Marjorie M. Malhiot v. Southern California Retail Clerks Union and Drug Employer Pension and Trust Fund
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-06-19· cited 73×
• Las Vegas Sun, Inc. v. Summa Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-11-15· cited 69×
• Lane v. Goren
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-09-27· cited 65×
• Local 450, United Furniture Workers v. Donn Products, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-09· cited 59×
• Dependahl v. Falstaff Brewing Corp.
  E.D. Missouri· 1980-06-09· cited 49×
• Morgan v. Mullins
  Eighth Circuit· 1981-03-11· cited 47×
• Ellis Maness v. Roy L. Williams and Herman A. Lueking, Jr., as Trustees of the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund
  Eighth Circuit· 1975-04-08· cited 34×
• Chapin v. Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corp.
  California Court of Appeal· 1973-03-20· cited 32×