Robert Warner v. Ford Motor Company

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing prior Sixth Circuit decision which “did not keep complete preemption removal and ordinary preemption doctrine separate and distinct.”
• explaining the difference between \complete preemption” and \conflict preemption” under ERISA
• that a claim is preempted under Sec. 514(a) does not necessarily establish that the claim is removable
• “[T]he plaintiff may, by eschewing claims based on federal law, choose to have the cause heard in state court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Graham A. Peters v. The Lincoln Electric Company
  Sixth Circuit· 2002-03-21· cited 355×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1995-06-19· cited 244×
• Jass v. Prudential Health Care Plan, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-07-08· cited 196×
• Thomas P. Loftis v. United Parcel Service, Inc. David Cole, Kenneth Adkins
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-08-26· cited 189×
• David Rice v. Kanu Panchal, M.D., Rodrigo Sotillo, M.D., Rodrigo Sotillo, P.C., a Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-11-06· cited 183×
• Toumajian v. Frailey
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-01-29· cited 174×
• McClelland v. Gronwaldt
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-09-10· cited 173×
• Jeffrey A. Mints v. Educational Testing Service
  Third Circuit· 1996-11-14· cited 118×
• Torres-Negron v. Merck & Company
  First Circuit· 2007-05-23· cited 117×
• Felix v. Lucent Technologies, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2004-10-26· cited 104×
• Brett Strong Lauri Strong v. Telectronics Pacing Systems, Inc. Thomas S. Martin
  Sixth Circuit· 1996-04-18· cited 73×
• Michigan Department of Treasury v. Michalec
  E.D. Michigan· 2002-01-25· cited 65×
• Carol A. Ward, D.C. v. Alternative Health Delivery Systems, Inc. Physicians Consultant & Management Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-08-22· cited 61×
• Barbara Wright v. General Motors Corporation Gerald A. Knechtel Richard T. Southby
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-08-28· cited 53×
• Rody v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-03-15· cited 39×
• Marks v. Watters
  Fourth Circuit· 2003-03-14· cited 29×
• Hahn v. Rauch
  N.D. Ohio· 2008-08-15· cited 25×
• Lancaster Ex Rel. Lancaster v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 1997-04-10· cited 24×
• Zuniga v. Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Michigan
  Sixth Circuit· 1995-05-02· cited 23×
• Ackerman v. Fortis Benefits Insurance
  S.D. Ohio· 2003-01-08· cited 23×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-09· cited 6,547×
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 5,652×
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 3,207×
• Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian
  Supreme Court· 1936-11-09· cited 2,167×
• Osborn v. Bank of United States
  Supreme Court· 1824-03-19· cited 1,899×
• Michael A. Lupo v. Human Affairs International, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1994-06-30· cited 459×
• Leroy Alexander v. Electronic Data Systems Corporation James Jeros Steven Brechtelsbauer Jane Doe
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-01-06· cited 342×
• Smolarek v. Chrysler Corp.
  Sixth Circuit· 1989-07-12· cited 106×
• Van Camp v. AT & T Information Systems
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-04-28· cited 18×