Legal Opinion
Brieger v. Tellabs, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 19, 2007No. 06 C 1882PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KENNELLY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Don Brieger, Robert Becker, Alan Burstin, Paula Mitchell, and Harry Schultz are current and former participants in the Tellabs Profit Sharing and Savings Plan (the Plan). They filed this putative class action lawsuit for breach of fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1109 & 1132. Plaintiffs allege that defendants, who are claimed to be fiduciaries of the Plan, breached their fiduciary obligations by permitting investments in Tellabs securities when it was imprudent to do so and by…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1999
- John D. Szabo, Doing Business as Zatron v. Bridgeport MacHines Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- Pedro De La Fuente v. Stokely-Van Camp, Inc., Marcelino Vasquez and Albert Solis, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Tatum v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2008
- Jones v. NovaStar Financial, Inc.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 2009
- Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd. v. Tellabs, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2009
- Stanford v. Foamex L.P.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2009
- George v. Kraft Foods Global, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2008
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