Sexton v. Principal Financial Group

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding additionally that the plaintiffs action was not an ’“action for benefits by an employee pursuant to an insurance plan” and therefore did not qualify for ERISA preemption

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Coyne & Delany Co. v. Selman
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-10-25· cited 184×
• Levett v. American Heritage Life Insurance
  M.D. Alabama· 1997-06-18· cited 3×
• Smith v. Beneficial National Bank USA
  M.D. Alabama· 1997-01-30· cited 3×
• Cowan v. Combined Insurance Co. of America
  M.D. Alabama· 1999-08-05· cited 3×
• Engelhardt v. Paul Revere Life Insurance
  M.D. Alabama· 1996-11-06· cited 2×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-10-25
• Sanderson v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield
  M.D. Alabama· 1996-09-30

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-09· cited 6,547×
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 5,652×
• Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 3,459×
• Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-21· cited 2,475×
• Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets
  Supreme Court· 1941-04-28· cited 2,267×
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-07· cited 2,209×
• Great Northern Railway Co. v. Alexander
  Supreme Court· 1918-03-04· cited 872×
• The Fair v. Kohler Die & Specialty Co.
  Supreme Court· 1913-03-24· cited 750×
• Coker v. Amoco Oil Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-07-18· cited 218×
• Cabalceta v. Standard Fruit Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-09-28· cited 199×
• Frank W. Parks and John Patterson v. The New York Times Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1962-11-19· cited 176×
• Sam N. Farlow v. Union Central Life Insurance Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-06-06· cited 74×
• Crigler v. Salac
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-09-23· cited 74×
• HealthAmerica v. Menton
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-07-21· cited 58×
• Ex Parte Charles Bell Pontiac-Buick-Cadillac-GMC, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-10-03· cited 34×
• Johnson v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of Detroit
  E.D. Michigan· 1976-09-03· cited 22×
• Stone v. Williams
  M.D. Alabama· 1992-02-24· cited 22×
• Harbor Ins. Co. v. Blackwelder
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-09-29· cited 17×
• Autrey v. United Companies Lending Corp.
  S.D. Alabama· 1995-01-03· cited 5×