Legal Opinion
John Meiners v. Wells Fargo & Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 3, 2018No. 17-2397PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRASZ, Circuit Judge.
John Meiners ("Meiners") appeals from the district court's 1 order dismissing his Complaint for failure to state a claim pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). Meiners claimed that his former employer, Wells Fargo & Company ("Wells Fargo"), and an assortment of Wells Fargo executives and entities (collectively, the "Wells Fargo Defendants") breached their fiduciary duty under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"). He alleged two breaches: (1) retaining Wells Fargo's proprietary investment funds as options for Wells Fargo employees' 401(k) retirement plan…
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