Legal Opinion
E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co. v. Sawyer
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 15, 2008No. 06-20865, 07-40574PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
These appeals arise out of a dispute between E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (“DuPont”) and former DuPont employees who allege that DuPont fraudulently induced them to terminate their employment and accept employment with a subsidiary that was later sold. In anticipation of a lawsuit from one of the employees, DuPont sought a declaratory judgment under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). The district court dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, concluding that the employee’s potential claims could not be read as stating a claim under…
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