Weems v. Citigroup Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that stock options awarded under a voluntary payroll program, which included a forfeiture provision upon termination, did not constitute \wages\ subject to the Massachusetts Weekly Wage Act
• holding that the “operative fact” in finding discretionary bonuses not to be definitely determined is “not [that] they are labeled bonuses, but [that] the employers are, apparently, under no obligation to award them”
• indicating that the “operative fact” in determining that bonuses are not “wages” under the Wage Act is their discretionaiy nature, “because the employers are. . . . under no obligation to award them”
• holding that bonuses are not wages
• distinguishing the narrow purpose of the Wage Act from broader remedial statutes like the state Equal Pay Act, where the term “wages” has been interpreted as encompassing all potential sources of pay
• discretionary stock option plan not wages because contingent on continued employment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Mui v. Massachusetts Port Authority
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-01-29· cited 28×
• Cook v. Patient Edu, LLC
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-06-13· cited 28×
• Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. v. Magill
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-06-02· cited 27×
• Fraelick v. PerkettPR, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-06-06· cited 26×
• Weiss v. DHL Express, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2013-06-03· cited 24×
• McAleer v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  D. Massachusetts· 2013-02-28· cited 24×
• Calixto v. Coughlin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-12-28· cited 10×
• Levesque v. Schroder Inv. Mgmt. N. Am., Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2019-03-27· cited 10×
• Skawski v. Greenfield Investors Property Development LLC
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-02-11· cited 8×
• Weber v. Coast to Coast Medical, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-04-10· cited 7×
• Comley v. Media Planning Group
  D. Massachusetts· 2015-06-12· cited 6×
• McQueen v. True Partners Consulting, LLC
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2011-01-07· cited 3×
• Roche v. Morgan Collection, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2012-08-01· cited 2×
• Daly v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-08-22· cited 1×
• O'Connor v. Kadrmas
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-10-18
• Hahnfeldt v. Newman
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-02-01
• Obourn v. American Well Corp.
  D. Connecticut· 2015-07-13
• Mantia v. Bactes Imaging Solutions, Inc.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2011-10-24
• Vinch v. Lown Cardiovascular Group, P.C.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2011-12-21
• Boike v. McGovern
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2012-05-21

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Harrison v. NetCentric Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-14· cited 183×
• Wiedmann v. Bradford Group, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-07-21· cited 95×
• Boston Police Patrolmen's Ass'n v. City of Boston
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-01-30· cited 79×
• Ciardi v. F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-02-08· cited 76×
• Prozinski v. Northeast Real Estate Services, LLC
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-10-16· cited 75×
• Jancey v. School Committee
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-12-12· cited 56×
• Okerman v. VA Software Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-08-20· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Savage
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-12-30· cited 41×
• Champagne v. Champagne
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-04-09· cited 41×
• Weems v. Citigroup, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-12-30· cited 35×
• American Mutual Liability Insurance v. Commissioner of Labor & Industries
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1959-12-17· cited 35×
• Gilmore v. Citigroup, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2008-07-24· cited 25×
• Rosen v. Smith Barney, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2008-06-25· cited 23×
• Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Retirement Board
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-06-12· cited 22×
• Jancey v. School Committee of Everett
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-06-05· cited 13×