Hecker v. Deere & Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that district court has discretion when deciding whether to convert motion to dismiss to motion for summary judgment
• holding that maintaining a revenue sharing arrangement did not breach a fiduciary duty under ERISA
• holding that limiting plan to funds from one management company did not violate ERISA; finding no statute or regulation prohibiting a fiduciary from selecting funds from one management company
• recognizing that “a service provider does not act as a fiduciary with respect to the terms in the service agreement if it does not control the named fiduciary’s negotiation and approval of those terms”
• holding that limiting plan to funds from one management company did not violate ERISA; finding no statute or regulation prohibiting a fiduciary from selecting funds from one management company
• noting that plaintiff did not contest authenticity of documents defendant sought to use in moving to dismiss complaint

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).