Statute treatment: 29 U.S.C. § 1381-1461

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 138 citation events across 129 distinct cases.

138citations total

129distinct interpreting cases

33distinct courts

7citations in last 5y

1982–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Bay Area Laundry & Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corp. of California, Inc. (1997) scotus 512 own cites 1× in case

#2 McDougall v. PIONEER RANCH LTD. PARTNERSHIP (2007) ca7 47 own cites 2× in case

#3 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Broadnax (1992) colo 38 own cites 2× in case

#4 In Re Chateaugay Corporation (1995) ca2 141 own cites 1× in case

#5 Milwaukee Brewery Workers' Pension Plan v. Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. (1995) scotus 118 own cites 1× in case

#6 Findlay Truck Line, Inc. v. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund (2013) ca6 28 own cites 2× in case

#7 DiGeronimo Aggregates, LLC v. Michael Zemla (2014) ca6 73 own cites 1× in case

#8 Pittsburgh MacK Sales & Service, Inc. v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 66 (2009) ca3 71 own cites 1× in case

#9 The Mason And Dixon Tank Lines, Inc. v. Central States, Southeast And Southwest Areas Pension Fund (1988) ca6 19 own cites 2× in case

#10 Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, a Pension Trust, and Howard McDougall Trustee v. Gary L. White and Inge T. White (2001) ca7 65 own cites 1× in case

#11 Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, and Howard McDougall Trustee v. Hunt Truck Lines, Inc. (2002) ca7 50 own cites 1× in case

#12 cluster 495432 (1987) ca3 49 own cites 1× in case

#13 Joseph P. Connors, Sr. v. P & M Coal Company (1986) cadc 49 own cites 1× in case

#14 Joseph P. Connors, Sr. v. Incoal, Inc., A/K/A Incoal Coal Co. (1993) cadc 45 own cites 1× in case

#15 Elbeco Inc. v. National Retirement Fund (2015) paed 41 own cites 1× in case

#16 National Shopmen Pension Fund v. Disa (2008) dcd 41 own cites 1× in case

#17 Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, a Pension Trust, Loran W. Robbins, Marion M. Winstead v. Jean Ditello and Angelo Ditello (1992) ca7 40 own cites 1× in case

#18 Loran W. Robbins v. Admiral Merchants Motor Freight, Inc. (1988) ca7 39 own cites 1× in case

#19 Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund, Loran W. Robbins, Marion M. Winstead v. Cullum Companies, Inc. (1992) ca7 37 own cites 1× in case

#20 GCIU-Employer Retirement Fund v. Coleridge Fine Arts (2017) ca10 12 own cites 2× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.