Legal Opinion
Swinney v. General Motors Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1995No. 93-3872PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY BROWN, Circuit Judge.
In this case, the plaintiffs, representing a class of former General Motors employees, claim that the defendant General Motors Corporation (“GM”) breached its fiduciary duty to them under § 404 of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. The plaintiffs also claim that GM should be es-topped under the federal common law of ERISA from denying them certain benefits. After a bench trial, the district court dismissed the plaintiffs’ causes of action, and entered final judgment against them. The plaintiffs appealed. For the…
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