Byars v. Coca-Cola Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• vacating district court's judgment and remanding where defendant did not seek summary judgment under the \any occupation\ definition and had never decided whether plaintiff was entitled to benefits under the \any occupation\ definition
• “Finally, [defendant] was not subject to document withholding penalties, as [section 1132] only permits an award of penalties against the plan administrator.”
• “We hesitate to require the district court to do more than . . . list the factors and conclude that they do not favor an award of fees.”
• “While a district court may not deny penalties solely on the basis of a lack of prejudice, prejudice is a factor that a court should consider in exercising its discretion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Moton v. Cowart
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-02-02· cited 284×
• Florida International University Board of Trustees v. Florida National University, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2016-07-26· cited 145×
• Leister v. Dovetail, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-10-23· cited 77×
• Pedro Arturo Salmeron-Salmeron v. Warden Bill Spivey
  Eleventh Circuit· 2019-06-13· cited 35×
• United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union AFL-CIO-CLC v. Wise Alloys, LLC
  Eleventh Circuit· 2015-12-08· cited 35×
• Airtran Airways, Inc. v. Brenda Elem
  Eleventh Circuit· 2014-09-23· cited 12×
• Smiley v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance
  Second Circuit· 2015-07-17· cited 7×
• Poole v. Life Insurance Co. of North America
  M.D. Alabama· 2013-10-25· cited 5×
• Griffin v. General Mills, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 2016-01-15· cited 3×
• Rohan v. UnitedHealthcare Insurance
  N.D. Florida· 2012-06-12· cited 3×
• Ramos v. Bank of America
  N.D. California· 2011-03-15· cited 2×
• Dunklin v. Montgomery County Board of Education
  M.D. Alabama· 2009-08-24· cited 2×
• Griffin v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 2015-03-12· cited 2×
• Caudle v. Life Insurance Co. of North America
  N.D. Alabama· 2014-06-27· cited 1×
• Emery v. American Airlines, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2014-10-20· cited 1×
• Marcin v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
  District of Columbia· 2014-06-20
• Leister, Sandra C. v. Dovetail Inc
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-10-23
• Unnamed case
  Eleventh Circuit· 2015-12-08
• Griffin v. Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 2016-01-15
• Knox v. United of Omaha Life Ins. Co.
  M.D. Georgia· 2019-01-30

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, Alabama
  Eleventh Circuit· 1981-11-03· cited 11,375×
• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 6,595×
• Iron Workers Local 272 v. Bowen
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-08-25· cited 277×
• Gary A. Levinson v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-03-30· cited 140×
• Ivory Scott v. Suncoast Beverage Sales
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-06-25· cited 134×
• Jimmie Ruth Daughtrey v. Honeywell, Inc., Bull Hn Information Systems, Talent Force, Inc., AKA Temp Force
  Eleventh Circuit· 1993-10-07· cited 99×
• J.W. Counts v. American General Life And Accident Insurance Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-04-29· cited 89×
• Oliver v. Coca Cola Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2007-08-29· cited 67×
• Wright Ex Rel. Wright v. Hanna Steel Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-10-25· cited 62×
• Pens. Plan Guide P 23882i William H. Freeman, Cross-Appellant v. Continental Insurance Company, Cross-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1993-07-30· cited 52×
• Massey v. Congress Life Insurance
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-07-10· cited 48×
• Oliver v. Coca Cola Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2007-11-06· cited 45×
• Imaging Business MacHines, LLC. v. Banctec, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2006-08-10· cited 36×
• Plumbers And Steamfitters Local No. 150 Pension Fund v. Vertex Construction Company, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-06-10· cited 25×
• Earline H. Dixon v. Seafarers' Welfare Plan
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-08-04· cited 19×
• Dozier v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-10-27· cited 19×
• Oliver v. the Coca-Cola Co.
  N.D. Alabama· 2005-10-21· cited 4×