United States Sixth Circuit

Where claimant has sufficiently clear legal issues requiring no further factual development within the Pinney Dock exception to resolve debtor's bankruptcy petition and promote finality in years of litigation between the parties, this can excuse claimant's failure to respond to debtor's summary judgment motion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/13/2001
• Published 08/13/2001

Judges

• Before:  WELLFORD, SILER, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alexander Jurczenko (briefed), Cleveland, OH, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carl D. Rafoth (briefed), James B. Dietz (briefed), Friedman & Rummell Co., L.P.A., Youngstown, OH, for Appellee.