Legal Opinion
In Re Duke Energy ERISA Litigation
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided June 23, 2003No. 3:02CV291-MUPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MULLEN, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the court upon Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ class action Complaint. 1 For the reasons stated herein, the court will grant Defendants’ motion.
BACKGRQUND
A. Summary of the Lawsuit
In these two consolidated actions brought pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), Plaintiffs, a current and a former participant in the Duke Energy Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”) have alleged that Defendants Duke Energy Corporation (“Duke Energy”), its former controller, each member of its board of directors and Policy…
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