Legal Opinion
Gray v. Bush
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 29, 2010No. 09-2166PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
This diversity action arises from a dispute over the trust funds for several cemeteries located in the Midwest. The district court dismissed the case on Burford abstention grounds. Because Burford does not provide a basis for surrendering, as opposed to potentially suspending, the jurisdiction Congress has given the federal courts in this instance, we reverse.
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For many years, the Meyer family of Indiana owned several cemeteries and fu neral homes. When the family decided to leave the business in 2004, it sold its holdings to Ansure Mortuaries of Indiana for…
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