Modzelewski v. Resolution Trust Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[S]ince we address federal, not state claims, the federal common law of attorney’s fees, and not [state] law, is the relevant authority.”
• employer can establish a de facto pension plan notwithstanding intent to the contrary
• referring to the characteristics of a \top hat\ plan
• referring to the characteristics of a “top hat” plan
• referring to the characteristics of a “top hat” plan
• looking to IRS regulations for guidance on vesting

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Duggan v. Hobbs
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-10-29· cited 67×
• Steve Klein v. City of Laguna Beach
  Ninth Circuit· 2016-01-14· cited 52×
• Foster v. PPG Industries, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2012-09-05· cited 51×
• Joseph C. Miller and Karen M. Miller v. Taylor Insulation Company and Jon Nelson
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-11-04· cited 47×
• Golden Gate Restaurant v. City and County of San Francisco
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-09-30· cited 42×
• John J. Kenney, Jr. v. Roland Parson Contracting Corporation
  D.C. Circuit· 1994-07-15· cited 31×
• Carmichael v. Laborers' & Retirement Board Employees' Annuity & Benefit Fund
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2019-06-27· cited 26×
• Barbara J. Monrad and Carol Ann Crone v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Receiver for Independence Bank
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-08-07· cited 23×
• Cinelli v. Security Pacific Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-08-07· cited 21×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-01-20· cited 18×
• Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-11-18· cited 18×
• Boos v. AT&T, INC.
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-06-03· cited 15×
• Swift Transportation Co. v. United States District Court for District of Arizona
  Ninth Circuit· 2016-07-26· cited 15×
• Musmeci v. Schwegmann Giant Super Markets
  E.D. Louisiana· 2001-08-23· cited 8×
• Segovia v. Shoenmann
  N.D. California· 2009-03-30· cited 6×
• Dairy v. Dairy Employees Union Local No. 17 Christian Labor Ass'n of the United States of America Pension Trust
  E.D. California· 2015-12-23· cited 5×
• Rodriguez v. Quicken Loans, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 2017-06-28· cited 5×
• Poore v. Simpson Paper Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-09-22· cited 3×
• Romines v. Great-West Life Assur. Co.
  E.D. Missouri· 1994-10-12· cited 2×
• Tilton v. Radiation Oncologists, P.A.
  D. Delaware· 2006-01-18· cited 2×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-12· cited 4,586×
• Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-30· cited 703×
• Hummell v. S. E. Rykoff & Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-12-22· cited 346×
• Scott v. Gulf Oil Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-03-06· cited 261×
• Fentron Industries, Inc. v. The National Shopmen Pension Fund
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-04-21· cited 163×
• United States v. Chake G. Kojayan, United States of America v. Hratch Meguerdity Kalfayan
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-11-01· cited 157×
• Donovan v. Dillingham
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-10-15· cited 144×
• James T. Williams v. Fred P. Wright, Jr., Individually and as Liquidating Trustee of Wright Pest Control Co. Of South Carolina, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-04-11· cited 126×
• Trident Center v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-07-05· cited 113×
• United States v. The Parsons Corp., United States of America v. The Parsons Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-08-06· cited 20×
• Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation and Cardinal Federal Savings Bank v. Robert W. Quinn and Daniel J. Gannon
  Sixth Circuit· 1991-01-07· cited 15×
• Rush v. Federal Deposit Ins. Corp.
  N.D. California· 1990-10-04· cited 15×
• Federal Sav. and Loan Ins. Corp. v. Quinn
  N.D. Ohio· 1989-04-14· cited 13×
• William A. Clark v. Lauren Young Tire Center Profit Sharing Trust, Alan A. Brown, and Alan Brown Tire Center, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-05-04· cited 10×
• Rice v. Resolution Trust Corp.
  D. Arizona· 1992-03-06· cited 8×