Legal Opinion

Blachy v. Butcher

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided July 21, 2000No. Nos. 99-1185, 99-1492, 99-1523PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGilman, J., joined by Wellford, J.,

SILER, J. (pp. 912-13), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Even a diabolical bar examiner would be reluctant to impose this case’s complex mixture of subject matter jurisdiction, fraud, real estate, marital property, bankruptcy, tax liens, contributory negligence, equitable remedies, and civil procedure upon hapless law school graduates. Because reality often marches in where creators of hypothetical fear to tread, however, we are the “hapless” appellate court judges obliged to struggle with this twisted tale of true-life…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Aquilino v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. United States v. City of New BritainSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. United States v. Security Trust & Savings BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  4. Terry Smith v. Ameritech Ameritech Publishing, Inc. Sickness and Accident Disability Benefit Plan Long Term Disability PlanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
  5. Drye v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000

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3Cited by44 opinions

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  4. Bank United v. ManleyDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 2001
  5. Lee v. MillerDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 2001

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