Kirkendall v. Halliburton, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the exhaustion 18 requirement for ERISA claims “is not absolute” and may be excused when a 19 plaintiff demonstrates that pursuing administrative remedies would be futile
• “It is apparent that Kirkendall thought that she had pursued the avenues available to her and reasonably concluded that the only means of vindicating her claim was through a lawsuit.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Fowlkes v. Ironworkers Local 40
  Second Circuit· 2015-06-19· cited 470×
• Charles v. Orange County
  Second Circuit· 2019-05-24· cited 381×
• Spinedex Physical Therapy USA Inc. v. United Healthcare of Arizona, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-11-05· cited 108×
• John Cottillion v. United Refining Co
  Third Circuit· 2015-03-18· cited 75×
• Houston v. Teamsters Local 210
  E.D. New York· 2014-06-24· cited 67×
• Holmes v. Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Long Term Disability Plan
  Tenth Circuit· 2014-08-12· cited 59×
• Michael Matzell v. Anthony J. Annucci
  Second Circuit· 2023-04-04· cited 55×
• Fine v. ESPN, Inc.
  N.D. New York· 2014-03-31· cited 31×
• Oneida Indian Nation v. Phillips
  Second Circuit· 2020-11-24· cited 25×
• KatiRoll Co. v. Kati Junction, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2014-07-16· cited 18×
• Precedo Capital Group Inc. v. Twitter Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2014-04-21· cited 12×
• Barbu v. Life Insurance Co. of North America
  E.D. New York· 2014-08-07· cited 12×
• MeehanCombs Global Credit Opportunities Funds, LP v. Caesars Entertainment Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2015-01-15· cited 12×
• Smith v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 2015-09-08· cited 12×
• VFS Financing, Inc. v. Falcon Fifty LLC
  S.D. New York· 2014-04-30· cited 11×
• Alcantara v. Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund Pension Plan
  Second Circuit· 2014-05-01· cited 11×
• McFarlane v. First Unum Life Insurance Co.
  S.D. New York· 2017-08-15· cited 10×
• Negron v. Cigna Health & Life Ins. & Optumrx, Inc.
  D. Connecticut· 2018-03-12· cited 8×
• MBIA Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London
  S.D. New York· 2014-07-16· cited 7×
• Rubeor v. Town of Wright
  N.D. New York· 2016-06-08· cited 6×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Hayden v. Paterson
  Second Circuit· 2010-01-28· cited 947×
• L-7 Designs, Inc. v. Old Navy, LLC
  Second Circuit· 2011-06-01· cited 802×
• Dennis Paese v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company
  Second Circuit· 2006-05-24· cited 214×
• Graziano v. Pataki
  Second Circuit· 2012-08-03· cited 158×
• Gillis v. Hoechst Celanese Corp.
  Third Circuit· 1993-09-07· cited 137×
• Michael A. Costantino, on Behalf of the Class of v. Trw, Inc. Jake Schoepler, Secretary, Board of Administrators Trw Salaried Pension Plan
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-03-29· cited 132×
• McDaniel v. Chevron Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-02-09· cited 129×
• Novella v. Westchester County
  Second Circuit· 2011-11-03· cited 125×
• Kennedy v. Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield
  Second Circuit· 1993-03-22· cited 125×
• Gloria Watts v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-01-03· cited 114×
• George Stewart v. National Shopmen Pension Fund
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-03-30· cited 66×
• Richardson v. Pension Plan of Bethlehem Steel Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-05-02· cited 63×
• Rita Moreno Gallegos v. Mt. Sinai Medical Center and Unum Life Insurance Company of America
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-04-27· cited 62×
• Roy E. Dooley, Jr. v. American Airlines, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-08-05· cited 46×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1996-06-28· cited 34×