Legal Opinion
Neil v. Zell
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 4, 2011No. 08 C 6833PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
REBECCA R. PALLMEYER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Dan Neil and Eric Bailey, former employees of the Tribune Company, have brought this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). Neil and Bailey charge Defendants Great-Banc, Sam Zell, and EGI-TRB L.L.C., with breaches of fiduciary duty stemming from the leveraged buyout of the Tribune Company by the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) of which Plaintiffs were participants. Plaintiffs now move for certification of a class of ESOP participants. Defendants Zell and EGI-TRB have taken no…
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