Morton v. Smith

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 parties’ choice-of-law provision did not control because the “federal common law of ERISA preempts most state law in regulating the interpretation of benefit plans”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fleisher v. Standard Insurance
  Third Circuit· 2012-05-17· cited 357×
• Mary Santaella and Cary Eldridge v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-07-23· cited 243×
• Meditrust Financial Services Corp. v. Sterling Chemicals, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-03-04· cited 195×
• Kimber v. Thiokol Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1999-11-10· cited 181×
• Chambers v. Family Health Plan Corp.
  Tenth Circuit· 1996-11-13· cited 152×
• Rhorer v. Raytheon Engineers & Constructors, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-07-15· cited 85×
• Cranfill v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 2002-04-09· cited 67×
• Carolina Care Plan Inc. v. McKenzie
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-10-23· cited 29×
• Donald Bator v. District Council 4, Graphic Co
  Seventh Circuit· 2020-08-27· cited 18×
• Deboard v. Sunshine Mining & Refining Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 2000-04-05· cited 15×
• Schreck v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance
  S.D. Florida· 2000-06-29· cited 6×
• Baker v. Tomkins Industries, Inc.
  D. Kansas· 2004-10-07· cited 3×
• McLeod v. Hartford Life and Accident Ins. Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2003-02-27· cited 3×
• Waupaca Foundry, Inc. v. Gehlhausen
  S.D. Indiana· 2000-06-30· cited 1×
• McAfee v. Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance
  N.D. Georgia· 2000-07-28· cited 1×
• Patricia W. Buce v. National Service Industries
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-04-10
• Allstate Insurance v. My Choice Medical Plan for LDM Technologies, Inc.
  E.D. Michigan· 2004-01-05
• Jacobs v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
  District of Columbia· 2023-03-30

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 6,595×
• Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 3,550×
• Todd v. AIG Life Ins. Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-03-29· cited 155×
• Leilani Exbom v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-04-27· cited 123×
• Gordon B. Phillips, as Guardian of James G. Phillips v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, an Indiana Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-03-24· cited 121×
• James Fuller v. Cbt Corporation, American Selfcare Corporation, Chicago Board of Trade, and Chicago Board of Trade Health Plan
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-06-21· cited 94×
• Donna Cole Winters v. Costco Wholesale Corporation, a Washington Corporation Concept Administrators, Inc., a California Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-03-06· cited 83×
• Morton v. Smith
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-07-29· cited 48×
• Unnamed case
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-07-09· cited 32×
• Butler v. Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-11-23· cited 28×
• Lubeznik v. HealthChicago, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-12-01· cited 13×