Ralph Whitley v. BP, P.L.C.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding “that a prudent fiduciary could very easily conclude that [disclosure of such information] would do more harm than good”
• addressing claims for breaches of the duty to monitor and the duty of prudence
• plan participants alleged plan fiduciaries breached duty of prudence by failing to publicly disclose or act on inside information concerning “numerous undisclosed safety breaches” prior to Deepwater Horizon explosion
• “the significant burden of proposing an alternative course of action so clearly beneficial that a prudent fiduciary could not conclude that it would be more likely to harm the fund than to help it.”
• the first hurdle to be cleared before an insider information prudence claim requires plaintiffs to plausibly allege that defendants \had knowledge of the relevant insider information which would indicate that the stock price is distorted\

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Cited by

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

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  Fifth Circuit· 2019-04-10· cited 167×
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  Fifth Circuit· 2020-08-19· cited 129×
• Paul Saumer v. Cliffs Natural Resources
  Sixth Circuit· 2017-04-07· cited 27×
• Ann Dormani v. Target Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 2020-07-28· cited 24×
• Manoj Singh v. RadioShack Corporation, et a
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-02-06· cited 23×
• Jander v. Ret. Plans Comm. Ibm
  Second Circuit· 2018-12-10· cited 19×
• LA Indep Pharmacies v. Express Scripts
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-07-20· cited 15×
• Thomas Martone v. Walter Robb, III
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-09-04· cited 12×
• In re Sunedison, Inc. Erisa Litig.
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-08-06· cited 11×
• Tatum v. RJR Pension Investment Committee
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-04-28· cited 10×
• Jander v. International
  Second Circuit· 2018-12-10· cited 10×
• Francesca Allen v. Wells Fargo & Company
  Eighth Circuit· 2020-07-27· cited 10×
• In re Target Corp.
  D. Minnesota· 2017-07-31· cited 10×
• Diane Burke v. The Boeing Company
  Seventh Circuit· 2022-08-01· cited 8×
• Jander v. Retirement Plans Committee of IBM
  S.D. New York· 2017-09-29· cited 6×
• Lynn v. Peabody Energy Corp.
  E.D. Missouri· 2017-03-30· cited 2×
• Michael Perrone v. Johnson & Johnson
  Third Circuit· 2022-09-07· cited 2×
• Golden Nugget Lake Charles, L.L.C. v. W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-03-06· cited 1×
• Fentress v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
  S.D. Texas· 2018-03-30· cited 1×
• Wilson v. Edison Int'l, Inc.
  C.D. California· 2018-05-29

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Moench v. Robertson
  Third Circuit· 1995-09-12· cited 252×
• Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer
  Supreme Court· 2014-06-25· cited 134×
• True v. Robles
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-06-10· cited 125×
• Kirschbaum v. Reliant Energy, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-04-25· cited 99×
• Rinehart ex rel. Buzzo v. Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2016-03-18· cited 58×
• Amgen Inc. v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 2016-01-25· cited 52×
• Ronald Hines v. Bud Alldredge, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-03-27· cited 50×
• John Dudenhoefer v. Fifth Third Bancorp
  Sixth Circuit· 2012-09-05· cited 21×
• Harris v. Amgen, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-10-30· cited 19×
• Dudenhoeffer v. Fifth Third Bancorp
  S.D. Ohio· 2010-11-24· cited 7×

Other cases named Ralph Whitley v. BP, P.L.C.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Ralph Whitley v. BP, P.L.C.
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-10-04