ROBINSON v. MICHIGAN CONSOL. GAS CO. INC.

Nos. 89-2097, 89-2098.

918 F.2d 579 (1990)

Dorothy ROBINSON, Celeste Cherry, Mable Davis, Warren Gaither, and Ida Jones, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS CO. INC., and David W. Allard, Jr., Jointly and Severally, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1990.

Rehearing Denied December 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Spicer, argued, Ypsilanti, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James E. Wynne, argued, Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellee Michigan Consol. Gas Co. Inc.

Michael J. Hughes, argued, Charles J. Taunt, Charles J. Taunt & Associates, Birmingham, Mich., for defendant-appellee David W. Allard, Jr.

Before KEITH and GUY, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.


RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, tenants of an apartment building administered by the defendant bankruptcy Trustee, David Allard, appeal summary judgment on their state law claims against the Trustee and the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (MichCon). Plaintiffs contend that the district court had no jurisdiction to issue its decision, that the court erred in finding their state law claims preempted by federal law, and that the court abused its discretion...

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