Legal Opinion
Keith Farrell, William Murray and Richard Richardson v. Automobile Club of Michigan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1989No. 88-1042PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this ERISA and state age discrimination case is whether the District Court properly dismissed plaintiffs’ ERISA claim as time barred on the grounds that (1) the plaintiffs had actual knowledge of the ERISA violation more than three years before the action was filed and (2) that the plaintiffs’ previous filing of the action in the Michigan state court did not toll the applicable statute of limitations because the Michigan state court “clearly lacked jurisdiction” over the ERISA claim. Plaintiffs also challenge the refusal of the District Court to assert…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Burnett v. New York Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Perma Research and Development Company v. The Singer CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Biechele v. Cedar Point, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Olga J. Fox v. The Eaton CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Russell C. Larson v. Northrop CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
- Robert C. Aparicio v. Norfolk & Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Edgar Allen Gibson and Leslie Gibson v. American Bankers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
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