Statute treatment: 29 U.S.C. § 1392

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 365 citation events across 178 distinct cases.

365citations total

178distinct interpreting cases

52distinct courts

34citations in last 5y

1982–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Div. 1181 A.T.U.-n.Y. Emps. Pension Fund v. City of N.Y. (2018) ca2 17 own cites 14× in case

#2 Cuyamaca Meats, Inc. v. San Diego and Imperial Counties Butchers' and Food Employers' Pension Trust Fund (1987) ca9 38 own cites 8× in case

#3 Sun Capital Partners III, LP v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension Fund (2013) ca1 29 own cites 5× in case

#4 NY State Teamsters v. C&S Wholesale Grocers (2022) ca2 31 own cites 4× in case

#5 Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund v. Illinois Range, Inc. (1999) ilnd 12 own cites 7× in case

#6 cluster 495432 (1987) ca3 49 own cites 3× in case

#7 Hop Energy, L.L.C. v. Local 553 Pension Fund (2012) ca2 28 own cites 4× in case

#8 Ilgwu National Retirement Fund, Sol C. Chaikin and Joseph Moore v. Levy Bros. Frocks, Inc. (1988) ca2 97 own cites 2× in case

#9 Board of Trustees of the IBT Local 863 Pension Fund v. C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (2015) ca3 17 own cites 5× in case

#10 Chicago Truck Drivers v. El Paso CGP Co. (2008) ca7 39 own cites 3× in case

#11 Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers and Warehouse Workers Union (Independent) Pension Fund and Paul Glover v. Louis Zahn Drug Co. (1989) ca7 39 own cites 3× in case

#12 SUPERVALU, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of the Southwestern Pennsylvania & Western Maryland Area Teamsters & Employers Pension Fund (2007) ca3 28 own cites 3× in case

#13 Robbins v. Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co. (1986) ilnd 26 own cites 3× in case

#14 N.Y. Times Co. v. Newspaper & Mail Deliverers'-Publishers' Pension Fund (2018) ilsd 10 own cites 5× in case

#15 I.A.M. National Pension Fund Benefit Plan C and Alan W. Skolnick v. Stockton Tri Industries (1984) cadc 149 own cites 1× in case

#16 Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. International Comfort Products, LLC (2009) ca6 11 own cites 4× in case

#17 Lopresti v. Pace Press, Inc. (2012) nysd 8 own cites 5× in case

#18 Debreceni v. Bru-Jell Leasing Corp. (1989) mad 15 own cites 3× in case

#19 Malden Mills Industries, Inc. v. ILGWU National Retirement Fund (1991) mad 10 own cites 4× in case

#20 Banner Industries, Inc. v. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund (1987) ilnd 28 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.