Legal Opinion
Peterson Novelties, Inc. And Harold Barman v. City of Berkley and Raymond Anger
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 1, 2002No. 00-2037PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Peterson Novelties, Inc. and its owner, Harold Barman (collectively “Peterson”), appeal the district court’s dismissal of their § 1983 claims against the City of Berkley, Michigan (the “City”) and Detective/Sergeant Raymond Anger of the Berkley Public Safety Department. The district court held that the claims, which arose out of Peterson’s operation as a fireworks retailer during 1995 and 1996, were “inextricably interwined” with issues presented to a Michigan state court at that time and were thus precluded by operation of the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. On appeal,…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. FeldmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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- Migra v. Warren City School District Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- Richard Pieper v. American Arbitration Association, Inc. R. Jeffrey Pollock Gerald HamblyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
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