Opinion ID: 781162
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Dismissal at the Pleadings Stage

Text: 45 Color Tile Committee first argues that, under Texas law, in pari delicto can never be established on the pleadings because issues of relative fault are quintessential fact questions for the jury. Color Tile Committee cites no Texas cases on point in support of this position. 12 Indeed, this Court has affirmed the dismissal of breach of fiduciary duty claims on the pleadings upon findings that in pari delicto had been established in the complaints. See In re Mediators, 105 F.3d 822; Hirsch, 72 F.3d 1085. Consequently, there was nothing inherently wrong with the District Court's dismissal of the pleadings on in pari delicto grounds.