Legal Opinion
J. Geils Band Employee Benefit Plan v. Smith Barney Shearson, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 20, 1996No. 95-1699PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
Appellants, the J. Geils Band Employee Benefit Plan (the “Plan”), and Stephen Bladd (the “Trustee”), John Geils, Jr., Richard Sal-witz and Seth Justman (the “Participants”), brought this suit alleging fraud and breach of fiduciary duty under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (1994), in connection with certain investment transactions made by Appellees in 1985, 1986 and 1987. The district court granted the motion for summary judgment brought by Appel-lees, Smith Barney Shearson (“Shearson”), Matthew McHugh, and…
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