Christopoulos v. Trout

How courts have described this case

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

• “Even if ERISA permitted [beneficiaries] a second bite at the apple [in federal court], Rooker-Feldman would snatch it from their grasp.”
• “[T]he court need not conduct a choice of law analysis because the parties have not conducted one or advocated for applicability of the law of a state other than Illinois, resulting in waiver of choice of law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

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

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Scott v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 2007-04-30· cited 13,305×
• Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-06-02· cited 8,668×
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman
  Supreme Court· 1983-03-23· cited 7,192×
• Kidwell v. Eisenhauer
  Seventh Circuit· 2012-05-22· cited 537×
• Leon Modrowski v. John Pigatto
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-04-08· cited 421×
• Aaron McCoy v. Iberdrola Renewables, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-07-28· cited 325×
• Mary Carroll v. Merrill Lynch
  Seventh Circuit· 2012-10-16· cited 324×
• Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for DuPont Savings & Investment Plan
  Supreme Court· 2009-01-26· cited 279×
• Cairel v. Alderden
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-05-05· cited 272×
• Burgess v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2008-04-16· cited 267×
• United States Ex Rel. Berkowitz v. Automation Aids, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2018-07-25· cited 198×
• Kevin Sterk v. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-10-23· cited 185×
• Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court· 2016-03-01· cited 173×
• Fox Valley & Vicinity Construction Workers Pension Fund v. Laurine Brown (Lamar), and Dessie Brown, and All Unknown
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-03-09· cited 169×
• Sykes v. Cook County Circuit Court Probate Division
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-09-14· cited 169×
• Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Mildred Johnson v. Lashanda Smith, Leonard Smith and Carolyn Hall
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-07-17· cited 168×
• Marietta Taylor v. Federal National Mortgage Association, Waterfield Mortgage Company, and Burke, Costanza & Cuppy, LLP
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-08-03· cited 157×
• Jakupovic v. Curran
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-03-10· cited 157×