Dennard v. Richards Group, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “factors to be considered in applying the arbitrary and capricious standard” include analysis of “reasonableness” of interpretation offered by plan administrators
• “ ‘if the interpretation is unreasonable from the beginning, such an interpretation may still be arbitrary and capricious’ ”
• “the fact that the [company’s] interpretation of the Plan is contrary to IRS interpretations lends support to a finding of arbitrary construction”
• “When the trustee’s interpretation of a plan is in direct conflict with express language in a plan, this action is a very strong indication of arbitrary and capricious behavior.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Fred Brown v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-04-25· cited 365×
• Kenneth E. Wildbur, Sr. v. Arco Chemical Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-12-07· cited 300×
• De Nobel v. Vitro Corp.
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-10-17· cited 257×
• Roy A. Cefalu v. B.F. Goodrich Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-05-09· cited 198×
• Celestine Pierre and the Estate of James Nolan Pierre, Jr. v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company/life Insurance Company of North America
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-06-18· cited 168×
• Albert Van Boxel, Cross-Appellee v. The Journal Company Employees' Pension Trust, Cross
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-02-12· cited 143×
• Clifford Duhon v. Texaco, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-03-22· cited 131×
• Robert W. Heidgerd v. Olin Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1990-06-26· cited 129×
• Clarence E. Lockhart v. United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Trust Paul R. Dean Michael H. Holland Marty D. Hudson Elliott A. Segal, Trustees
  Fourth Circuit· 1993-09-17· cited 106×
• James Guy, Counterclaim v. Southeastern Iron Workers' Welfare Fund, Counterclaim
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-07-11· cited 102×
• Glista v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
  First Circuit· 2004-08-11· cited 94×
• Robert J. Batchelor v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 861 Pension and Retirement Fund
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-07-20· cited 88×
• Harold Miles v. The New York State Teamsters Conference Pension And Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan
  Second Circuit· 1983-01-20· cited 87×
• Perrino v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2000-04-20· cited 85×
• Abraham Egert and Christine Kraft-Egert v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and Employee Benefit Plan of the Canteen Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-04-17· cited 84×
• Bruch v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
  Third Circuit· 1987-08-31· cited 82×
• Terry T. Penn v. Howe-Baker Engineers, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-05-23· cited 72×
• Izzarelli v. Rexene Products Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-06-23· cited 70×
• Braxton H. Anderson v. Ciba-Geigy Corporation
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-07-01· cited 70×
• Bruch v. Firestone Tire And Rubber Company
  Third Circuit· 1987-09-25· cited 68×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-28· cited 13,852×
• John Kelley Co. v. Commissioner
  Supreme Court· 1946-01-07· cited 447×
• Iron Workers Local 272 v. Bowen
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-08-25· cited 277×
• Claude Wardle, Sr. v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund
  Seventh Circuit· 1980-08-14· cited 255×
• Lillian Yanks Rehmar v. Bernard L. Smith
  Ninth Circuit· 1977-06-06· cited 143×
• Ruetta Paris, Mildred Cawthon and Marge Kane v. Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of Howard B. Wolf, Inc. And Eugene K. Friesen
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-03-24· cited 133×
• William J. Riley v. Meba Pension Trust
  Second Circuit· 1977-12-15· cited 124×
• James J. Reiherzer v. Daniel J. Shannon, and Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund
  Seventh Circuit· 1978-08-11· cited 107×
• Horace Eugene Bayles v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-09-10· cited 81×
• Everett Bueneman v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund
  Eighth Circuit· 1978-04-25· cited 57×
• 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×
• Snyder v. Titus
  E.D. Virginia· 1981-05-06· cited 31×
• Columbia Gas Development Corp. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Pogo Producing Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-07-31· cited 27×
• Unnamed case
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-07-07· cited 24×
• Henry Lowenstern v. International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers, Afl-Cio
  D.C. Circuit· 1973-05-21· cited 23×
• Richardson v. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund
  Eighth Circuit· 1981-04-13· cited 23×