Siskind v. Sperry Retirement Program, Unisys

How courts have described this case

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

• employer acts as a fiduciary in defined functions, i.e. exercising discretionary authority or control over plan management or administration
• “[F]undamental fairness requires that a defendant named in a suit be told promptly the number of parties to whom it may ultimately be liable for money damages.”
• \ERISA requires strict attention to the actual language of the plan's governing documents.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• LOCKHEED CORP. Et Al. v. SPINK
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-10· cited 525×
• Devlin v. Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield
  Second Circuit· 2001-12-06· cited 150×
• Francis J. Devlin v. Empire Blue Cross And Blue Shield
  Second Circuit· 2002-02-14· cited 31×
• Walling v. Brady
  Third Circuit· 1997-07-30· cited 30×
• Janese v. Fay
  Second Circuit· 2012-08-27· cited 30×
• Jacobson v. Hughes Aircraft Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-01-23· cited 24×
• Bozetarnik v. Mahland
  Second Circuit· 1999-10-20· cited 16×
• Harris Trust & Savings Bank v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
  Second Circuit· 2002-08-20· cited 16×
• Boucher v. Williams
  D. Maine· 1998-05-05· cited 14×
• Miller v. Mellon Long Term Disability Plan
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2010-06-25· cited 11×
• Scardelletti v. Bobo
  D. Maryland· 1995-08-21· cited 9×
• Pyke v. Cuomo
  N.D. New York· 2002-07-01· cited 9×
• Walling v. Brady
  D. Delaware· 1996-02-09· cited 7×
• Esden v. Bank of Boston
  D. Vermont· 1998-04-01· cited 6×
• Spires v. Schools
  D. South Carolina· 2017-09-19· cited 5×
• Siskind v. The Sperry Retirement Program
  Second Circuit· 1995-02-06· cited 4×
• Gelles v. Skrotsky
  M.D. Florida· 1997-11-17· cited 3×
• Milwaukee Area Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee for the Electrical Industry v. Howell
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-10-16· cited 3×
• Lauder v. First Unum Life Insurance
  S.D. New York· 1999-07-02· cited 2×
• Ensley v. Ford Motor Co.
  E.D. Michigan· 2007-07-10· cited 2×

Cites

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

• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 6,595×
• The Coca-Cola Company v. Tropicana Products, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1982-09-29· cited 301×
• Hozier v. Midwest Fasteners, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1990-07-24· cited 273×
• Robert L. Musto v. American General Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1988-11-15· cited 245×
• Callico v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1982-12-06· cited 209×
• Michael McCarthy Arthur Waskow v. Richard G. Kleindienst
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-08-17· cited 159×
• Environmental Control Board of the City of New York v. Sterling
  Supreme Court· 1986-12-01· cited 159×
• Norman S. Adams v. Avondale Industries, Inc. Connell Industries, Inc. Connell Limited Partnership
  Sixth Circuit· 1990-06-15· cited 146×
• Malarkey v. Texaco, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1993-01-26· cited 143×
• Shokrian v. Carroll
  Supreme Court· 1986-02-24· cited 133×
• Donovan v. Bierwirth
  Second Circuit· 1982-05-10· cited 124×
• John H. Johnson v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-03-23· cited 117×
• Olin Corp. v. Consolidated Aluminum Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1993-09-15· cited 112×
• Morse v. Stanley
  Second Circuit· 1984-04-23· cited 101×
• Trenton v. Scott Paper Co.
  Supreme Court· 1988-04-25· cited 85×
• Izzarelli v. Rexene Products Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-06-23· cited 70×
• Trenton v. Scott Paper Co.
  Third Circuit· 1987-11-09· cited 56×
• Donovan v. Bierwirth
  E.D. New York· 1981-12-03· cited 50×
• Schoonejongen v. Curtiss-Wright Corp.
  Third Circuit· 1994-03-03· cited 50×
• Kathleen Murphy v. International Business MacHines Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1994-05-05· cited 44×