United States Fourth Circuit

Judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendants, in case where plaintiff relied on two provisions of ERISA in alleging breach of fiduciary duty for failing to implement chosen investment strategy for employee retirement account, is affirmed as complaint does not request a form of relief available under ERISA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/19/2006
• Published 06/19/2006

Judges

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William Choice Cleveland, III, Buist, Moore, Smythe, McGee, PA, Charleston, SC, Robert Edward Hoskins, Foster Law Firm, LLP, Greenville, SC, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Timothy David Hauser, Senior Trial Attorney, Howard Marc Radzely, United States Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Karen L. Handorf, Washington, DC, for Amicus Supporting Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas Peter Gies, Rebecca Lee, Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, DC, Steven Mark Wynkoop, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Greenville, SC, for Defendants-Appellees.