Legal Opinion
Charles W. Leigh and Ervin F. Dusek, Etc., and George Johnson, Intervening v. Clyde William Engle
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 1984No. 82-2943, 82-3040PublishedCited by 307 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs in this case are beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan who alleged that the plan administrators and others had violated fiduciary duty provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (“ERISA”). The heart of the case is a dispute over how ERISA governs the actions of plan administrators and other fiduciaries with respect to investment activities in contests for corporate control. The beneficiaries allege that the plan administrators and other defendants violated ERISA when they used plan assets to purchase stocks of…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Hummell v. S. E. Rykoff & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Donovan v. BierwirthCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Eaves v. PennCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
- Dowagiac Manufacturing Co. v. Minnesota Moline Plow Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by307 opinions
- Frank Landry v. Air Line Pilots Association International Afl-Cio, Taca Airlines, S.A. And Charles J. HuttingerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Chao v. Hall Holding Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
- The Sommers Drug Stores Co. Employee Profit Sharing Trust, Cross-Appellant v. Corrigan Enterprises, Inc. And Walter N. Corrigan, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Nachwalter v. ChristieCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Grindstaff v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
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