Vaughn v. Sexton

How courts have described this case

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

• holding controlling individual of ERISA obligors personally liable for withdrawal payments
• “the pension plan trustees demanded payment . . . from [the stockholders of the contributing employer]”
• “[T]he defendants described the trust as an alter ego of Mr. Sexton. The effect of this concession, in our view, is that Mr. Sexton may be held personally liable for the obligations of the trust.”
• “Even the cases allowing certain defenses to bypass arbitration state that the existence of a question of statutory interpretation is not, by itself, sufficient to eliminate the arbitration requirement and that factual issues must always be arbitrated.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Greenspan v. LADT LLC
  California Court of Appeal· 2010-12-30· cited 131×
• Church Joint Venture, L.P. v. Earl Blasingame
  Sixth Circuit· 2020-01-21· cited 38×
• Chicago Truck Drivers v. Brotherhood Labor Leasing
  Eighth Circuit· 2000-03-24· cited 32×
• Yaekle v. Andrews
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2007-10-09· cited 26×
• Amalgamated Lithographers of America v. Unz & Co.
  S.D. New York· 2009-11-03· cited 22×
• Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers And Warehouse Workers Union Pension Fund v. Brotherhood Labor Leasing
  Eighth Circuit· 2000-03-24· cited 16×
• Craig Schultz v. Verizon Wireless Services, LLC
  Eighth Circuit· 2016-08-19· cited 7×
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company v. Rent-A-Wreck of America, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1999-06-25· cited 4×
• Boland v. Wasco, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2014-06-13· cited 2×
• Board of Trustees of the Ken Lusby Clerks & Lumber Handlers Pension Fund v. Piedmont Lumber & Mill Co.
  N.D. California· 2015-09-16· cited 2×
• Giroux Bros. v. New England Teamster
  First Circuit· 1996-01-04
• RTI Restoration Technologies Inc v. International Painters and Allied Trades Industry
  Third Circuit· 2026-03-03

Cites

28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-19· cited 11,658×
• Teamsters Joint Council No. 83 v. Centra, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-10-22· cited 288×
• Marroquin-Manriguez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 168×
• Flying Tiger Line v. Teamsters Pension Trust Fund
  Third Circuit· 1987-09-30· cited 55×
• Board of Trustees of the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund v. Stanley L. Lafrenz Anita Lafrenz
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-01-27· cited 54×
• Rockney v. Blohorn
  Eighth Circuit· 1989-06-06· cited 50×
• Joseph P. Connors, Sr. v. P & M Coal Company
  D.C. Circuit· 1986-09-12· cited 49×
• Everett v. I-NET, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-01· cited 43×
• Loran W. Robbins v. Admiral Merchants Motor Freight, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-05-04· cited 41×
• Helen Debreceni, Etc. v. Graf Brothers Leasing, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1987-09-18· cited 40×
• United Food and Commercial Workers Union v. Progressive Supermarkets
  D. New Jersey· 1986-09-16· cited 40×
• Glass v. Rock Island Refining Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-04-14· cited 36×
• John T. Joyce, Trustee of the Bricklayers and Trowel Trades International Pension Fund v. Clyde Sandoz Masonry, D/B/A Griffith Masonry
  D.C. Circuit· 1989-03-31· cited 33×
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. v. Center City Motors, Inc.
  S.D. California· 1984-11-05· cited 33×
• I.A.M. National Pension Fund v. Clinton Engines Corp.
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-07-28· cited 30×
• City of Montclair v. United Artists Communications, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1989-10-16· cited 30×
• Vaughn v. Sexton
  Eighth Circuit· 1992-09-14· cited 26×
• Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Skyland Leasing Co.
  W.D. Michigan· 1987-11-23· cited 25×
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. v. Ouimet Corp.
  First Circuit· 1980-08-29· cited 20×
• The Mason And Dixon Tank Lines, Inc. v. Central States, Southeast And Southwest Areas Pension Fund
  Sixth Circuit· 1988-07-15· cited 19×