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PIERSON SAND AND GRAVEL, INC. v. KEELER BRASS CO.

Docket Nos. 108729, 108730, Calendar No. 3.

596 N.W.2d 153 (1999)

460 Mich. 372

PIERSON SAND AND GRAVEL, INC., and Central Sanitary Landfill, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KEELER BRASS COMPANY and Chemetron Investments, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, and Pierson Township, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fausone, Taylor & Bohn, L.L.P. (by Thomas J. Fayfer and Paul F. Bohn, Northfield), and Deborah L. Bruce, Traverse City, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett (by Michael F. Kelly), Grand Rapids, for defendant-appellant Keeler Brass Co.

Butzel, Long (by Alan S. Levine), Birmingham; Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, of counsel (by David G. Ries and Joseph R. Brendel), Pittsburgh, PA, for defendant-appellant Chemetron Inv., Inc.

Mika, Meyers, Beckett & Jones, P.L.C. (by Douglas A. Donnell), Grand Rapids, for defendant-appellant Pierson Township.

WEAVER, C.J.

We are called on to determine whether plaintiffs' instant lawsuit is barred by res judicata as a result of defendants having prevailed in a prior federal lawsuit. We hold that, where the district court dismissed all plaintiff's federal claims in advance of trial, and there are no exceptional circumstances that would give the federal court grounds to retain supplemental jurisdiction over the state claim, then it is clear that the federal court would not...

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