Petrilli v. Drechsel

How courts have described this case

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

• “a plan that empowers the administrators to ‘construe and interpret the plan’ brings the plan within Bruch’s exception to the de novo review”
• crediting the argument but not deciding the issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• John Halpin v. W.W. Grainger, Incorporated
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-05-06· cited 238×
• Martha Kinstler v. First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
  First Circuit· 1999-06-15· cited 233×
• George W. Mitchell v. Eastman Kodak Company
  Third Circuit· 1997-05-08· cited 208×
• Christine M. Donato v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-03-22· cited 193×
• Celestine Pierre and the Estate of James Nolan Pierre, Jr. v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company/life Insurance Company of North America
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-06-18· cited 168×
• Judith P. Masella v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Connecticut, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1991-06-19· cited 135×
• Gnb Battery Technologies, Incorporated, Formerly Known as Gnb, Incorporated and Gnb Industrial Battery Company v. Gould, Incorporated
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-09-06· cited 100×
• Pierre v. Connecticut General Life Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1991-11-18· cited 100×
• Daniel T. Casey v. Uddeholm Corporation, a New York Corporation and Uddeholm Health Benefits Plan
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-08-10· cited 84×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1991-09-20· cited 78×
• William E. Bradwell, Dale Adami v. Gaf Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1992-01-21· cited 53×
• Marion M. Winstead v. J.C. Penney Company, Incorporated, Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-05-30· cited 50×
• Pens. Plan Guide P 23918h Linda Ramsey v. Hercules Incorporated and Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-02-29· cited 47×
• Benito T. Perez, Jr. v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
  Sixth Circuit· 1996-09-23· cited 43×
• JOHN MCKEEHAN, — v. CIGNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, —
  Eighth Circuit· 2003-09-19· cited 43×
• Ray G. Olander v. Bucyrus-Erie Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-07-21· cited 41×
• Bollenbacher v. Helena Chemical Co.
  N.D. Indiana· 1996-02-29· cited 29×
• Petrilli v. Drechsel
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-08-26· cited 25×
• Trich Govindarajan v. Fmc Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-05-13· cited 22×
• Quesinberry v. Life Insurance Co. of North America
  Fourth Circuit· 1993-02-12· cited 21×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 6,595×
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Russell
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-27· cited 1,937×
• Max W. Perry v. Simplicity Engineering, a Division of Lukens General Industries, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1990-04-12· cited 301×
• John Pokratz, Cross-Appellee v. Jones Dairy Farm, Cross-Appellants
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-08-15· cited 119×
• Eileen Moon, Individually and as of the Estate of R. Byron Moon, Cross-Appellant v. American Home Assurance Company, Cross-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-09-29· cited 108×
• 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×
• Bruch v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
  Third Circuit· 1987-08-31· cited 82×
• Rajiv Bali v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and Health Care Service Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-05-01· cited 77×
• Ira W. Nichol, Cross-Appellee v. Pullman Standard, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Cross-Appellants
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-11-06· cited 49×
• Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis v. SwedishAmerican Group Health Benefit Trust
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-04-19· cited 29×
• Questech, Inc. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
  E.D. Virginia· 1989-06-01· cited 26×
• Bartucca v. Katy Industries, Inc.
  D. Connecticut· 1987-09-11· cited 14×
• Teeter v. Supplemental Pension Plan of Consolidated Rail Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1989-01-11· cited 14×
• Buchholz v. General Electric Employee Benefit Plan
  N.D. Illinois· 1989-08-22· cited 7×

Other cases named Petrilli v. Drechsel

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Petrilli v. Drechsel
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-08-26· cited 25×
• Petrilli v. Drechsel
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-08-20· cited 5×