Legal Opinion

Donovan v. Estate of Fitzsimmons

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 15, 1985No. Nos. 84-2827, 84-2863 and 84-2864PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

The Secretary of Labor appeals the district court’s approval of a comprehensive settlement of actions brought by participants in the Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund (CSPF) alleging that the benefit structure and investment management of the CSPF were illegal and that past investment mismanagement gave rise to a derivative action on behalf of the CSPF against other defendants. We affirm.

I. FACTS

The Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund is a multi-employer pension trust created in 1955 under the provisions of Section 302 of the…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Richards v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. Hansberry v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. Meinhard v. SalmonNew York Court of Appeals · 1928

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3Cited by43 opinions

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  4. Frederick L. Kunzelman, Cross-Appellee v. Gervase Thompson, Richard Giese and Juneau County, Wisconsin, Defendants- Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  5. Cummings v. Briggs & Stratton Retirement PlanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986

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