Legal Opinion
Roy C. Tassinare v. American National Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 4, 1994No. 93-1380, 93-1851 and 93-1893PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.
Roy Tassinare and twenty-one other named plaintiffs appeal their action for breach of fiduciary duty against the directors of American National Insurance Co. As current or former American National employees, the plaintiffs allege that the directors’ failure to secure certain pension benefits violated fiduciary duties imposed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). 1 The district court concluded that the fiduciary action was time-barred. The district court also concluded that the agents’ common law claims were preempted by ERISA. For the following…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Central Transport, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- City of Milwaukee v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Robert Cromwell v. Equicor-Equitable Hca Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- DiGeronimo Aggregates, LLC v. Michael ZemlaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
- Health Cost Controls v. Ralph Isbell, Father and Next Friend of Tammy IsbellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. v. Findlay Indus., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
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