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7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 29 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Miller v. Heller.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miller v. Heller Anchor | green | “can the beneficiary establish, through the plan documents, a legal right any greater than that of an unsecured creditor to a specific set of funds from which the employer is, under the terms of the plan, obligated to pay the deferred compensation?” | 7 |
| 2 | Gallione v. Flaherty | green | “excluded from erisa's vesting, funding, and fiduciary responsibility requirements because congress deemed top-level management, unlike most employees, to be capable of protecting their own pension expectations.” | 4 |
| 3 | Northview Motors, Inc. v. Chrysler Motors Corporation Joseph P. Nigro, Trustee | green | “interpretive tool to determine the parties' justifiable expectations,” | 4 |
| 4 | IT Group, Inc. v. Bookspan (In Re IT Group, Inc.) | green | “would add an additional term to the contract regarding funding; it would not shed light on the written terms of the plan.” | 4 |
| 5 | Miller v. Heller | green | “give plaintiffs a greater legal right to the funds in the deferred compensation liability account than that possessed by an unsecured creditor.” | 4 |
| 6 | Donald E. Belsky v. First National Life Insurance Company, a Nebraska Corporation Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | green | “simply became a general, unpledged, unrestricted asset of the employer and those ... assets in turn would be used to fund the plan.” | 3 |
| 7 | Patrick Demery v. Extebank Deferred Compensation Plan (B) | green | “solely from the general assets of the employer” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.