BERGER v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY BAR ASS'N

No. 91-4178.

983 F.2d 718 (1993)

Sanford J. BERGER; Robert M. Fertel, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1993.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford J. Berger (argued and briefed), Robert M. Fertel, (argued) Berger & Fertel, Cleveland, OH, for plaintiffs-appellants.

David W. Mellott (briefed), Mark A. Phillips (argued), Kenneth A. Bravo, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, Ellen S. Mandell, Turbow, Monastra & Mandell, Cleveland, OH, for defendants-appellees Cuyahoga County Bar Ass'n, Robert J. Fay, Grievance Committee of Cuyahoga County Bar Ass'n, Richard Koblentz and Lawrence Turbow.

Before: BOGGS and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges; and WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 12, 1993.

SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Sanford J. Berger and Robert M. Fertel appeal the dismissal of their complaint seeking injunctive, declaratory, and monetary relief for claims arising out of state bar disciplinary proceedings brought against them. The district court dismissed the complaint on the basis of Younger abstention and the state action immunity. 775 F.Supp. 1096...

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