In Re CMS Energy ERISA Litigation

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that “the Sixth Circuit has yet to address [the Third Circuit’s ruling] that officers are not deemed ERISA fiduciaries in the absence of express individual discretionary authority for plan administration”
• holding fiduciary status could not be determined on a motion to dismiss.
• “Having declined to dismiss the fiduciary liability claims, the court will also decline to dismiss any of the co-fiduciary liability claims at this juncture.”
• holding fiduciary status could not be determined on a motion to dismiss
• where a primary failure to monitor claim is properly pleaded, claims for co-fiduciary duty will survive a motion to dismiss
• claims having to do with communication of inaccurate information and the failure to disclose transactions that rendered financial statements materially false, asserted a claim for breach of fiduciary duty and did not sound in fraud

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Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Briscoe v. Fine
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-04-13· cited 111×
• Langbecker v. Electronic Data Systems Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-01-18· cited 98×
• In Re Citigroup ERISA Litigation
  Second Circuit· 2011-10-19· cited 86×
• Raymond Pfeil v. State Street Bank and Trust Co
  Sixth Circuit· 2012-02-22· cited 59×
• In re Broadwing, Inc. Erisa Litigation
  S.D. Ohio· 2006-10-05· cited 36×
• In Re Sprint Corp. ERISA Litigation
  D. Kansas· 2004-05-27· cited 34×
• Chrystina Nicolaou v. Horizon Media, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2005-03-28· cited 30×
• Kling v. Fidelity Management Trust Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 2004-06-23· cited 20×
• Howell v. Motorola, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2004-09-23· cited 19×
• Woods v. Southern Co.
  N.D. Georgia· 2005-10-04· cited 19×
• In Re Ferro Corp. Erisa Litigation
  N.D. Ohio· 2006-03-21· cited 19×
• In Re Xerox Corp. Erisa Litigation
  D. Connecticut· 2007-04-17· cited 15×
• In Re Ford Motor Co. ERISA Litigation
  E.D. Michigan· 2008-12-22· cited 14×
• In Re Schering-Plough Corp. Erisa Litigation
  Third Circuit· 2005-08-19· cited 12×
• In re Cardinal Health, Inc. Erisa Litigation
  S.D. Ohio· 2005-01-14· cited 8×
• Nowak v. Ford Motor Co.
  E.D. Michigan· 2006-12-22· cited 8×
• DiFelice v. Fiduciary Counselors, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 2005-11-08· cited 3×
• Mellot v. ChoicePoint, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 2007-03-06· cited 1×
• Gray v. Citigroup Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2011-10-19· cited 1×
• In Re: Schering-Plough Corporation Erisa Litigation, Jingdong Zhu, on Behalf of Himself and All Other Similarly Situated Adrian Fields, on Behalf of Himself/herself and All Others Similarly Situated
  Third Circuit· 2005-09-15

Other cases named In Re CMS Energy ERISA Litigation

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• In re CMS Energy Erisa Litigation
  E.D. Michigan· 2004-12-27· cited 6×