Legal Opinion
Computer Leasco, Inc. v. NTP, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 5, 2006No. 05-1767UnpublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Chief Judge.
Computer Leasco, Inc. (CLI), appeals the judgment of the district court dismissing, for failure to state a claim, their suit for relief from a prior judgment due to fraud and state-law claims of conversion. CLI alleges that new evidence reveals that the defendants committed fraud in 1993 to take possession of six patents related to email and messaging on mobile devices. We affirm the district court because CLI’s fraud claims were previously litigated and do not involve an officer of the court, and because the state law claims are barred by res judicata and the applicable…
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