Legal Opinion

Metzler v. Graham

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 13, 1997No. 95-11129PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

The Secretary of the United States Department of Labor alleges that Jack V. Graham violated his fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) as plan administrator of the Graham Associates, Inc. (“GAI”) pension plan by failing to diversify the plan investments and by self-dealing. Specifically, the Secretary complains that Graham failed to diversify the plan assets by investing 63% of them in a single tract of undeveloped real estate, and he sacrificed the plan’s best interests by buying land near other parcels in which he owned an…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Charles W. Leigh and Ervin F. Dusek, Etc., and George Johnson, Intervening v. Clyde William EngleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  2. In Re Unisys Savings Plan Litigation John P. Meinhardt, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Unisys Corporation (d.c.civil No. 91-Cv-03067) Michael Heck Joseph McCarthy Angelo Dipietro, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Unisys Corporation the Administrative Committee of the Unisys Savings Plan the Investment Committee of the Unisys Savings Plan Jack A. Blaine John J. Loughlin Kenneth Miller David A. White Stefan Riesenfeld (d.c.civil No. 91-Cv-03276) Gary Vala, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Jack A. Blaine Michael R. Losey Kenneth L. Miller Stefan C. Riesenfeld Curtis A. Hessler David A. White Unisys Corporation the Northern Trust Company (d.c.civil No. 91-03278) Carolyn A. Gohlike, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Unisys Corporation (d.c.civil No. 91-Cv-03321) Dennis C. Stanga James M. Collins, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Unisys Corporation (d.c.civil No. 91-Cv-04689) John H. Burgess, Jr., on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Unisys Corporation (d.c.civil No. 91-Cv-04696) John P. Meinhardt, Michael Heck, Joseph McCarthy Angelo Dipietro, Gary Vala, Carolyn Gohlike, Dennis C. Stanga, James M. Collins and John H. Burgess, Jr., in No. 95-1156 in Re Unisys Savings Plan Litigation John P. Meinhardt, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Unisys Corporation (d.c.civil No. 91-Cv-03067) Bernard McDevitt on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Unisys Corporation (d.c.civil No. 91-Cv-03126) Parker C. Kean, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Unisys Corporation (d.c.civil No. 91-Cv-03164) Nadia F. Sos Farouk M. Sos, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Unisys Corporation (d.c.civil No. 91-Cv-03582) Kenneth Goers John J. Cieslicki, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Unisys Corporation the Northern Trust Company (d.c.civil No. 91-Cv-04678) William Torkildson v. Unisys Corporation (d.c.civil No. 91-Cv-04754) Bernard McDevitt Parker Kean, Nadia F. Sos, Farouk M. Sos, Kenneth Goers, John J. Cieslicki and William Torkildson, in No. 95-1157 in Re Unisys Savings Plan Litigation John P. Meinhardt, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Unisys Corporation (d.c.civil No. 91-Cv-03067) Henry Zylla Richard Silver Ronald Grippo Edward Lawler Richard Andujar Clarence Muller Charles Wahler James McLaughlin Donald Rader Joseph Lau James Gangale Alfred Contarino Richard Colby John Marcucci Joseph Fiore Richard Mastrodomenico Nick Klemenz Peter Szczybek, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated Engineers Union Local 444 of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, MacHine and Furniture Workers, a.f.l.-c.i.o. Locals 445 of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, MacHine and Furniture Workers, a.f.l.-c.i.o. Locals 450 of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, MacHine and Furniture Workers, a.f.l.-c.i.o. Locals 470 of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, MacHine and Furniture Workers, a.f.l.-c.i.o. Locals 165 of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, MacHine and Furniture Workers, a.f.l.-c.i.o. Local 3, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a.f.l.-c.i.o. v. Unisys Corporation Edwin P. Gilbert John J. Loughlin Thomas Penhale, Individually and in Their Capacities as Members of the Unisys Employee Benefits Executive Committee and Administrators of the Unisys Retirement Investment Plan Richard H. Bierly Curtis A. Hessler Leon J. Level Kenneth L. Miller David A. White Jack A. Blaine Stefan C. Riesenfeld George T. Robson, Individually and in Their Capacities as Members of the Investment Committee of the Unisys Retirement Investment Plan (d.c. Civil No. 91-Cv-03772) Henry Zylla, Richard Silver, Ronald Grippo, Edward Lawler, Richard Andujar, Clarence Muller, Charles Wahler, James McLaughlin Donald Rader, Joseph Lau, James Gangale, Alfred Contarino, Richard Colby, John Marcucci, Joseph Fiore, Richard Mastrodomenico, Nick Klemenz and Peter Szczybek, Individually and on Behalf of the Class Certified, in No. 95-1186Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
  3. Freund v. Marshall & Ilsley BankDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1979
  4. Donovan v. BierwirthCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
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