Legal Opinion
City of Harper Woods Employees' Retirement System Ex Rel. BAE Systems Plc. v. Olver
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 29, 2009No. 08-7101PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge EDWARDS.
EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge:
City of Harper Woods Employees’ Retirement System (“Harper Woods”), a pension fund, brought a shareholder derivative suit on behalf of BAE Systems PLC (“BAE”) alleging intentional, reckless, and negligent breaches of fiduciary duties and waste of corporate assets by current and former directors and executives of BAE. Harper Woods also sued PNC Financial Services Group, the legal successor to Riggs Bank, as well as Joseph, Barbara, and Robert Allbritton, Riggs’ former controlling shareholders and…
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