(August 28, 2023, 2:03 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Arguing that the petitioners present an “irrelevant” question and that three circuit courts of appeals have correctly applied the effective vindication doctrine, the respondent in a case concerning an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) on Aug. 25 urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny review of a ruling declining to compel arbitration; the petitioners subsequently filed a reply brief....