Legal Opinion
Otto v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 8, 1986No. Nos. 85-1816, 85-1919 and 85-2410PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
The named plaintiff, Beverly J. Otto, brought this class action against Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (“VAL-IC”), the Variable Annuity Marketing Company (“VAMCO”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of VALIC, certain other affiliated companies, and individual officers and directors of the corporate defendants. Otto alleged violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Securities Act”), 15 U.S. C.A. § 78a et seq. (West 1981 & Supp. 1986), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (West 1985 & Supp.1986), and the…
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