Krishna v. Colgate Palmolive Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that it would be counterproductive to require the plan administrator to delve into state law concerning domestic relations to determine plan beneficiaries
• noting the “strong interest in uniform, uncomplicated .administration of ERISA plans.”
• noting the “strong interest in uniform, uncomplicated administration of ERISA plans.”
• “In developing federal common law, ... resort may be had to state law in a proper case.”
• where ERISA is silent on issue, the federal court may resort to state law to assist in the development of federal common law
• “Because the designation of beneficiaries to this life insurance policy ‘relates to’ the ERISA plan, the preemption provision applies.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for DuPont Savings & Investment Plan
  Supreme Court· 2009-01-26· cited 279×
• Barnett v. Barnett
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-02-14· cited 141×
• Unnamed case
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-07-15· cited 109×
• North Jersey Brain & Spine Center v. Aetna, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2015-09-11· cited 99×
• Brandon v. Travelers Insurance
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-04-19· cited 98×
• Shirley M. Critchlow v. First Unum Life Insurance Company of America
  First Circuit· 2004-08-09· cited 89×
• Unnamed case
  Sixth Circuit· 1996-06-07· cited 68×
• Manning v. Hayes
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-05-19· cited 51×
• Emard v. Hughes Aircraft Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-08-20· cited 50×
• Bigda v. Fischbach Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1995-06-08· cited 48×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-12-31· cited 44×
• Ehrlich v. Howe
  S.D. New York· 1994-04-04· cited 37×
• Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Tracy Bigelow
  Second Circuit· 2002-03-07· cited 33×
• Pens. Plan Guide P 23916h Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Interpleader v. Nancy W. Crysler, Phyllis A. Crysler
  Eighth Circuit· 1995-09-29· cited 30×
• Silber v. Silber
  New York Court of Appeals· 2003-02-18· cited 30×
• James M. McGowan Sr. v. Njr Service Corporation New Jersey Natural Gas Company
  Third Circuit· 2005-09-13· cited 26×
• Estate of Altobelli v. International Business MacHines Corp.
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-03-20· cited 23×
• Keen v. Weaver
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-06-19· cited 22×
• Egelhoff v. Egelhoff
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-11-18· cited 18×
• Grabois v. Jones
  Second Circuit· 1996-07-15· cited 15×

Cites

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

• Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 3,459×
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 3,207×
• Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon
  Supreme Court· 1990-12-03· cited 1,857×
• Royal Indemnity Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1941-10-13· cited 268×
• Scott v. Gulf Oil Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-03-06· cited 261×
• In Re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings in Antibiotic Antitrust Actions. Pfizer, Inc. v. International Rectifier Corp.
  Eighth Circuit· 1976-06-16· cited 196×
• Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Francisco L. Borges, Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, and State of Connecticut
  Second Circuit· 1989-02-23· cited 194×
• Fox Valley & Vicinity Construction Workers Pension Fund v. Laurine Brown (Lamar), and Dessie Brown, and All Unknown
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-03-09· cited 169×
• Thomas Menhorn v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-08-03· cited 156×
• Derek J. Smith v. Dunham-Bush, Inc., and the Robins Group, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1992-02-07· cited 142×
• Brown v. Connecticut General Life Ins. Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-06-27· cited 116×
• Citizens Bank of Clearwater v. Warren W. Hunt, Edward E. Hunt, and Sylvia C. Hunt, Edward E. Hunt and Sylvia C. Hunt
  Second Circuit· 1991-03-11· cited 108×
• Beatrice Hinds Carland v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  Tenth Circuit· 1991-06-21· cited 102×
• Patricia Joanne Settles v. Golden Rule Insurance Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 1991-03-05· cited 89×
• Richard Leberman v. John Blair & Company
  Second Circuit· 1989-07-25· cited 83×
• Bergman v. Department of Commerce
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-01· cited 76×
• Lyman Lumber Company v. E. John Hill, Cassie Hill and Seth Hill
  Eighth Circuit· 1989-06-14· cited 71×
• Justice (Dennis L.) v. Sullivan (Louis, m.d.)
  Sixth Circuit· 1991-01-08· cited 64×
• Pm Group Life Insurance Co. v. Western Growers Assurance Trust, Loma Linda University Medical Center
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-01-09· cited 63×
• Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Richard E. Hanslip, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Louis Hanslip, Deceased, Ardith McCool
  Tenth Circuit· 1991-07-16· cited 59×