Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 1, 1990No. Nos. 89-2097, 89-2098PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 in ignoring their motion to amend their complaint against the Trustee.
We find that the court properly exercised…
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