University of Michigan Law School
Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
HOME
ABOUT
FOR TEACHERS
SEARCH
QUESTIONS
RECENT ADDITIONS
feedback/
suggestions
log in/
register
Case Profile
new search
page permalink
Case Name
Finley v. Dun & Bradstreet Corp.
EE-IL-0287
Docket / Court
1:05-cv-05134 ( N.D. Ill. )
State/Territory
Illinois
Case Type(s)
Equal Employment
Special Collection
Private Employment Class Actions
Case Summary
On September 7, 2005, plaintiff filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, § 2 et seq., 29 U.S.C.A. § 1001 et seq., (ERISA) against his employer, Dun & Bradstreet Corp., in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiff alleged that ...
read more >
On September 7, 2005, plaintiff filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, § 2 et seq., 29 U.S.C.A. § 1001 et seq., (ERISA) against his employer, Dun & Bradstreet Corp., in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiff alleged that when the defendant switched his pension plan from a defined benefit plan to a cash balance plan on January 1, 1997 it had violated ERISA and engaged in age discrimination because his benefits were reduced compared to those awarded to younger employees because of how interest accrued in the new plan. He also alleged that the defendant had provided false and misleading information about the change. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive and declaratory relief as well as monetary damages. He also sought to have a class certified consisting of all other employees similarly situated.
On March 30, 2006, the district court (Judge Plunkett) ordered that the case be transferred to the District of New Jersey. The defendant's principle place of business was in New Jersey and of the 5,000 putative class members only 4% resided in Illinois while most of the rest resided in or near New Jersey. The case continued in New Jersey as Finley v. Dun & Bradstreet Corp. Subsequent developments can be found in EE-NJ-0126.
Michael Perry - 09/16/2010
compress summary
- click to show/hide ALL -
Issues and Causes of Action
click to show/hide detail
Issues
Discrimination-area
Pay / Benefits
Discrimination-basis
Age discrimination
General
Disparate Treatment
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
Causes of Action
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001
Case Details
click to show/hide detail
Defendant(s)
Dun & Bradstreet Corporation
Plaintiff Description
Employee of the defendant whose original pension plan was converted to a different sort of plan.
Class action status sought
Yes
Class action status granted
No
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
Mixed
Public Int. Lawyer
No
Nature of Relief
None
Source of Relief
None
Filed
09/07/2005
Case Closing Year
2006
Case Ongoing
No
Related Cases
click to show/hide detail
Case Listing
EE-NJ-0126
: Finley v. Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (D.N.J.)
Additional Resources
click to show/hide detail
See this case
at CourtListener.com
(May provide additional documents and, for active cases, real-time alerts)
Documents
click to show/hide detail
Court
Docket(s)
N.D. Ill.
09/07/2005
1:05-cv-05134
EE-IL-0287-9000.pdf
|
Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
General Documents
N.D. Ill.
09/07/2005
Complaint [ECF# 1]
EE-IL-0287-0001.pdf
|
Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
N.D. Ill.
03/30/2006
Memorandum Opinion and Order (Granting motion to transfer) [ECF# 35]
(2006 WL 861920 / 2006 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 19617)
EE-IL-0287-0002.pdf
|
WESTLAW
|
LEXIS
|
Detail
People
click to show/hide detail
show all people docs
Judges
Plunkett, Paul Edward
(N.D. Ill.)
show/hide docs
EE-IL-0287-0002 | EE-IL-0287-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers
Meites, Thomas R.
(Illinois)
show/hide docs
EE-IL-0287-0001 | EE-IL-0287-9000
Mollica, Paul William
(Illinois)
show/hide docs
EE-IL-0287-9000
Moukawsher, Thomas G.
(Connecticut)
show/hide docs
EE-IL-0287-0001 | EE-IL-0287-9000
Mulder, Michael M
(Illinois)
show/hide docs
EE-IL-0287-0001 | EE-IL-0287-9000
Raimond, Johanna J.
(Illinois)
show/hide docs
EE-IL-0287-0001 | EE-IL-0287-9000
Defendant's Lawyers
Gusman, Adam K.
(Illinois)
show/hide docs
EE-IL-0287-9000
Roche, Michael P.
(Illinois)
show/hide docs
EE-IL-0287-9000
Shea, Patrick W.
(New York)
show/hide docs
EE-IL-0287-9000
- click to show/hide ALL -
new search
page permalink
- top of page -
Contact
Report an Error
Privacy Policy