Firestone v. Galbreath

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that the beneficiaries did not have standing to recover for a decrease in the trust corpus because the misconduct was visited upon the creator of the trust
• “If there is one doctrine more deeply rooted than any other in the process of constitutional adjudication, it is that we ought not to pass on questions of constitutionality . . . unless such adjudication is unavoidable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Austin Nursing Center, Inc. v. Lovato
  Texas Supreme Court· 2005-05-13· cited 699×
• Howell v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2004-11-16· cited 152×
• Birda Trollinger Robert Martinez Tabetha Eddings and Doris Jewell v. Tyson Foods, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-06-03· cited 119×
• Whittiker v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co.
  N.D. Ohio· 2009-03-17· cited 77×
• Ray Malooly Trust v. Juhl
  Texas Supreme Court· 2006-02-24· cited 68×
• Unnamed case
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-09-03· cited 64×
• Rajiv Khurana v. Innovative Health Care Systems, Inc. Karry Teel Carl Holden William Malone I.H.S. River Region Hospital of Vacherie, La., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-12-12· cited 55×
• Nelson v. Miller
  Sixth Circuit· 1999-03-25· cited 40×
• Donald W. Geib, D/B/A Rochester Colonial Amoco v. Amoco Oil Company, a Maryland Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-07-19· cited 34×
• Bardoon Properties, NV v. Eidolon Corp.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-05-12· cited 31×
• Wright v. Linebarger Googan Blair & Sampson, LLP
  W.D. Tennessee· 2011-03-22· cited 24×
• Firestone v. Galbreath
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-10-21· cited 19×
• Iron Workers Local Union No. 17 Insurance Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.
  N.D. Ohio· 1998-09-21· cited 19×
• Lennon v. South Carolina Coastal Council
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1998-03-23· cited 15×
• United States v. Sean Widmer
  Sixth Circuit· 2015-05-06· cited 15×
• Mendelovitz v. Vosicky
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-11-14· cited 11×
• Denise Schippers v. United States
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-05-03· cited 9×
• General Motors Corp. v. Ignacio Lopez De Arriortua
  E.D. Michigan· 1996-11-26· cited 9×
• Teamsters Local 372 v. Detroit Newspapers
  E.D. Michigan· 1997-02-24· cited 8×
• Hill v. Martinez
  D. Colorado· 2000-02-11· cited 8×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Allen v. Wright
  Supreme Court· 1984-09-18· cited 4,763×
• Salve Regina College v. Russell
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-20· cited 2,415×
• Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1992-03-24· cited 1,453×
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin
  Supreme Court· 1944-12-04· cited 752×
• Scanwell Laboratories, Inc. v. John H. Shaffer, Administrator (Acting) of the Federal Aviation Administration
  D.C. Circuit· 1970-05-07· cited 704×
• Jean v. Nelson
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-26· cited 513×
• Markham v. Allen
  Supreme Court· 1946-01-07· cited 482×
• Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C.
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-29· cited 284×
• Haddon View Investment Co. v. Coopers
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1982-06-16· cited 178×
• Scholler v. Scholler
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1984-04-18· cited 141×
• Harold Warren v. Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit, a National Banking Association
  Sixth Circuit· 1985-04-16· cited 139×
• Corron v. Corron
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1988-12-14· cited 135×
• Joel R. Gaff v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1987-03-20· cited 120×
• Simon v. Zipperstein
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1987-08-12· cited 103×
• Elam v. Hyatt Legal Services
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1989-08-02· cited 39×
• Bevan v. Krieger
  Supreme Court· 1933-05-22· cited 21×
• Firestone v. Galbreath
  S.D. Ohio· 1990-07-03· cited 18×
• Shaw-Henderson, Inc. v. Schneider
  W.D. Michigan· 1971-11-11· cited 15×
• Norris v. Wirtz
  N.D. Illinois· 1989-01-04· cited 9×
• Porter v. Doppes
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 1920-01-05· cited 2×