Legal Opinion
Mertens v. Kaiser Steel Retirement Plan
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 16, 1990No. C-88-3587 MHPPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PATEL, District Judge.
Plaintiffs bring this action for declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. The parties are now before the court on defendants’ motion for summary judgment on res judicata grounds. BACKGROUND
William Mertens and other plaintiffs filed this action on September 9, 1988 and added class allegations on June 23, 1989. The complaint alleges breaches of fiduciary duty by members of the Investment Committee of the now-terminated Kaiser Steel Retirement Plan (“Investment…
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