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Trustees of the Automobile Mechanics Local No. 701 Pension & Welfare Funds v. Union Bank of California, N.A.

N.D. Ill.July 1, 2009No. 08 C 7217Cited 2 times
Mixed ResultUnion Bank of California, N.A.

Case Details

Judge(s)
Milton I. Shadur
Status
Published
Procedural Posture
motion to dismiss
Circuit
7th Circuit

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Claim Types

Breach of Contract

Outcome

The court denied the plaintiff trustees' motion to dismiss the defendant bank's anticipated third-party complaint against individual trustees for contribution based on alleged breach of fiduciary duties under ERISA, finding that special circumstances involving conflicts of interest warrant allowing the contribution claim despite circuit split on the issue.

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