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Fieger v. Cox

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided May 6, 2008No. 07-1103PublishedCited by 293 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Geoffrey N. Fieger, John L. Barlow, Bill Miller, Nancy Fisher, the law firm of Fieger, Fieger & Johnson, and the J.L. Barlow advertising firm brought a vindictive prosecution action against Michigan Attorney General Michael Cox, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Markman, Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Rand, and others in the Michigan Attorney General’s office. The district court found that the Younger abstention doctrine counseled against exercising jurisdiction where essentially the same issues were being raised in a state…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. City of Houston v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Felder v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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3Cited by293 opinions

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  3. Catanzaro v. HarryDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 2012
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  5. Fremont Reorganizing Corp. v. DukeDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2011

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