29 U.S.C. § 1145
Section 1145 · Delinquent contributions
This is § 515 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 607 court decisions — leading case Litton Financial Printing Div., Litton Business Systems, Inc. v. NLRB (1991)
Most recently applied in Trs. of Iron Workers Defined Contribution Pension Fund v. Next Century Rebar, LLC (August 2024)
Applied most in the District Circuit Circuit (66 decisions)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 29 U.S.C. § 1132 · 29 U.S.C. § 1002 · 29 U.S.C. § 185
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Every employer who is obligated to make contributions to a multiemployer plan under the terms of the plan or under the terms of a collectively bargained agreement shall, to the extent not inconsistent with law, make such contributions in accordance with the terms and conditions of such plan or such agreement.
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Effective Date
Section effective Sept. 26, 1980, except as specifically provided, see section 1461(e) of this title.