United States Sixth Circuit

Where appellants' fraud allegations amounted to challenges to various Michigan state-court judgments against them, district court had no jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman abstention doctrine; sanctions related to the federal action were proper, but district court's imposition of an injunctive sanction related to state proceedings was impermissible.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/02/2001
• Decided 05/10/2002
• Published 05/10/2002

Judges

• Before: KEITH, BOGGS, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Arthur L. Morman (argued and briefed), Detroit, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in Nos. 00-1368, 00-1699 and 01-1550., William S. Lewis (argued), Detroit, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 01-1550.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael S. Leib (briefed), Mark H. Fink (argued and briefed), Maddin, Hauser, Wartell, Roth, Heller & Pesses, Southfield, MI, for Defendants-Appellees in Nos. 00-1368, 00-1699 and 01-1550., John Sharp (argued and briefed), Strobl, Cunningham, Carettie & Sharp, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Defendants-Appellees in Nos. 00-1368, 00-1699.