Legal Opinion

Ranke v. Sanofi-Synthelabo Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided January 27, 2006No. 04-4514PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

Richard Ranke and other similarly situated individuals in this case are former employees of Eastman Kodak Company (“Kodak”), and current or former employees of Sanofi-Synthelabo Inc. (“Sanofi”). They appeal from the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissing their complaint for breach of fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). Ranke v. Sanofi-Synthelabo, Inc., No. 04-1618, 2004 WL 2473282 (E.D.Pa. Nov. 3, 2004) (“Decision"). Because their breach of…

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