THOLE v. U.S. BANK, NAT. ASSOCIATION

No. 16-1928.

873 F.3d 617 (2017)

James J. THOLE; Sherry Smith, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, individually and as successor in interest to FAF Advisors, Inc.; U.S. Bancorp, Defendants-Appellees. Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, as successor in interest to FAF Advisors, Inc., Defendant. Richard K. Davis; Douglas M. Baker, Jr.; Y. Marc Belton; Peter H. Coors; Joel W. Johnson; Olivia F. Kirtley; O'Dell M. Owens; Craig D. Schnuck; Arthur D. Collins, Jr.; Victoria Buyniski Gluckman; Jerry W. Levin; David B. O'Maley; Patrick T. Stokes; Richard G. Reiten; Warren R. Staley; John and Jane Doe 1-20, Defendants-Appellees. AARP; AARP Foundation; R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s). Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Amicus on Behalf of Appellee(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 12, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn Glass Anderson , Brian C. Gudmundson , Kirsten D. Hedberg , June Pineda Hoidal , Zimmerman & Reed, Minneapolis, MN, Mary J. Bortscheller , Karen L. Handorf, Michelle C. Yau , Cohen & Milstein, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Shannon L. Bjorklund , Andrew J. Holly , Lincoln S. Loehrke , Stephen P. Lucke , Thomas Paul Swigert , Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants-Appellees.

William Alvarado Rivera , AARP Foundation Litigation, Mary E. Signorille , Senior Attorney, American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC, for AARP, AARP Foundation, Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s).

Melissa Moore , Thomas Tso , U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC, for R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, Amicus on Behalf of Appellant(s).

Travis M. Crum , Brian David Netter , Mayer & Brown, Janet Galeria , U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC, Kathryn L. Comerford Todd , Kathryn L. Comerford Todd Law Office, McLean, VA, for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Amicus on Behalf of Appellee(s).

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, COLLOTON and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


Named plaintiffs James Thole and Sherry Smith (collectively, "plaintiffs")1 brought a putative class action against U.S. Bank, N.A. ("U.S. Bank"); U.S. Bancorp; and multiple U.S. Bancorp directors (collectively, "defendants"),2 challenging the defendants' management of...

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