Legal Opinion

Trustees of Detroit Carpenters Fringe Benefit Funds v. Patrie Construction Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 3, 2015No. Nos. 13-2484, 14-1047PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BERNICE BOUIE DONALD, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs — the Trustees of the Detroit Carpenters Fringe Benefit Funds (the “Trustees”) — appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, and the Michigan Building Contract Fund Act (“MBCFA”), Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 570.151-570.153. The Trustees contend that the district court erred: (1) in determining that the Trustees’ amended complaint lacked sufficient factual content setting forth an alter-ego operation to survive a motion to dismiss under…

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