Legal Opinion

Pension Trust Fund for Operating Eng'rs v. Kohl's Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 12, 2018No. 17-2697PublishedCited by 68 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wood, Chief Judge.

In September 2011, Kohl's Corporation announced that it was correcting several years of its financial filings because of multiple lease accounting errors. Hard on the heels of that announcement came a putative class action complaint. The plaintiffs, led by the Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers, allege that Kohl's and two of its executives defrauded investors by publishing false and misleading information in the lead-up to the corrections. (For ease of exposition, we refer to the putative class as the Pension Fund.) The Pension Fund took the position that one can…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Eminence Capital, Llc, and Jay Spechler v. Aspeon, Inc. Richard P. StackCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
  3. Runnion Ex Rel. Rsunnion v. Girl Scouts of Greater ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
  4. Zucco Partners, LLC v. Digimarc Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
  5. Bausch v. Stryker Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010

13 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by68 opinions

  1. Law Offices of David Freyd v. Victoria ChamaraCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2022
  2. Kathryn Knowlton v. City of WauwatosaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2024
  3. Joel Cielak v. Nicolet Union High School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2024
  4. Appvion, Inc. Retirement Savings and Employee Stoc v. Douglas ButhCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2024
  5. Thomas Anderson v. UALCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2025

63 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API