Legal Opinion

Wolin v. Smith Barney Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 8, 1996No. 95-3278PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Though rarely the subject of sustained scholarly attention, the law concerning statutes of limitations fairly bristles with subtle, intricate, often misunderstood issues, as is well illustrated by the appeal in this ease. The appeal comes about as follows. Wolin and Wortman, the trustees of a pension plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 at seq., brought suit against a broker named Mackevieh and the broker’s employer, E.F. Hutton, succeeded by Smith Barney. The suit charged that Mackevieh, and so by the principle of…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Joseph F. Cada v. Baxter Healthcare CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  2. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Central Transport, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. W. Kenneth Tregenza, James E. Haas, and Erwin B. Seegers v. Great American Communications Company and Shearson Lehman Brothers, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  4. 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
  5. J. Geils Band Employee Benefit Plan v. Smith Barney Shearson, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996

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