United States v. James Daniel Good Real Property et al.

Decided December 13, 1993. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 92-1180 · 510 U.S. 43 (1993) · Cited 1,133 times

Holding

Because the GAC 50 free funds are “plan assets,” Hancock’s actions in regard to their management and disposition must be judged against ERISA’s fiduciary standards.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co. · 416 U.S. 663 (1974)
• Fuentes v. Shevin · 407 U.S. 67 (1972)
• Gerstein v. Pugh · 420 U.S. 103 (1975)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• Graham v. Connor · 490 U.S. 386 (1989)
• Dobbins's Distillery v. United States · 96 U.S. 395 (1878)
• Phillips v. Commissioner · 283 U.S. 589 (1931)
• Connecticut v. Doehr · 501 U.S. 1 (1991)
• United States v. Eight Thousand Eight Hundred & Fifty Dollars · 461 U.S. 555 (1983)
• United States v. Montalvo-Murillo · 495 U.S. 711 (1990)
• Austin v. United States · 509 U.S. 602 (1993)
• Soldal v. Cook County · 506 U.S. 56 (1992)
• United States v. Von Neumann · 474 U.S. 242 (1986)
• Payton v. New York · 445 U.S. 573 (1980)
• Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Co. · 416 U.S. 600 (1974)
• United States v. Stowell · 133 U.S. 1 (1890)
• Republic National Bank of Miami v. United States · 506 U.S. 80 (1992)
• Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · 489 U.S. 602 (1989)
• Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. of Bay View · 395 U.S. 337 (1969)
• Medina v. California · 505 U.S. 437 (1992)
• Den Ex Dem. Murray v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co. · 59 U.S. 272 (1856)
• G. M. Leasing Corp. v. United States · 429 U.S. 338 (1977)
• J. W. Goldsmith, Jr.-Grant Co. v. United States · 254 U.S. 505 (1921)
• Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · 339 U.S. 306 (1950)
• Harmelin v. Michigan · 501 U.S. 957 (1991)
• Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San Francisco · 387 U.S. 523 (1967)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Boddie v. Connecticut · 401 U.S. 371 (1971)
• Maryland v. Buie · 494 U.S. 325 (1990)
• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)

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• McIntosh v. United States · 601 U.S. 330 (2024)
• Nielsen v. Preap · 586 U.S. 392 (2019)
• Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co. · 537 U.S. 149 (2003)
• Hudson v. United States · 522 U.S. 93 (1997)
• Bennis v. Michigan · 516 U.S. 442 (1996)
• United States v. Ursery · 518 U.S. 267 (1996)
• Florida v. White · 526 U.S. 559 (1999)
• Lujan v. G & G Fire Sprinklers, Inc. · 532 U.S. 189 (2001)
• Dusenbery v. United States · 534 U.S. 161 (2002)
• Gilbert v. Homar · 520 U.S. 924 (1997)
• Degen v. United States · 517 U.S. 820 (1996)
• Reed v. Goertz · 598 U.S. 230 (2023)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1993). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).