Legal Opinion
Firestone v. Galbreath
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1992No. Nos. 90-4114 to 90-4120PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.
The underlying conflict in this litigation is a will contest between competing factions of a wealthy family.
Plaintiffs Douglas B. Firestone, Amy Firestone del Vallé, Russell A. Firestone III, Jeffrey B. Firestone, David M. Firestone Jr., Mark Firestone and Leigh Firestone appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their seventy-four state tort and federal RICO claims against Daniel Gal-breath and others. The district court dismissed the bulk of the claims on the grounds that the plaintiffs lacked standing to assert the claims of their grandmother’s estate and…
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