3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 22 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 New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers Insurance.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers Insurance Anchor | green | “presumption that congress does not intend to supplant state law.” | 13 |
| 2 | California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement v. Dillingham Construction, N. A. | green | “looks both to the objectives of the erisa statute as a guide to the scope of the state law that congress understood would survive as well as to the nature of the effect of the state law on erisa plans.” | 6 |
| 3 | Melton v. Melton | green | “congress has made its preemption intention clear in the language of the statute, the supreme court has affirmed that intent, and we have applied the rule in similar cases.” | 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.