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Supreme Court· 6/25/2014

Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer

Citations

  • 134 S. Ct. 2459
  • 189 L. Ed. 2d 457
  • 2014 U.S. LEXIS 4495
  • 82 U.S.L.W. 4578
  • 24 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 908
  • 58 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1405
  • 2014 WL 2864481

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  • explaining that allegations in a complaint must rest on a plausible legal theory to survive a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim
  • noting that \[t]he complaint alleges that ... the fiduciaries knew or should have known that Fifth Third's stock was overvalued or excessively risky\
  • noting Congress’s “goal of encouraging employee ownership of the company’s stock”
  • ERISA \protect[s] and strengthen[s] the rights of employees\ and \encourage[s] the development of private retirement plans.\
  • ERISA “protect[s] and strengthen[s] the rights of employees” and “encourage[s] the development of private retirement plans.”
  • “[F]ail[ure] to outsmart a presumptively efficient market . . . [is] not a sound basis for imposing liability.” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Breyer

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