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LIMBRIGHT v. HOFMEISTER

No. 08-1731.

566 F.3d 672 (2009)

James H. LIMBRIGHT and Henry J. Limbright, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. George S. HOFMEISTER, Kay R. Hofmeister, and Douglas Q. Holmes, as Trustee for the George S. Hofmeister Family Trust f/b/o Megan G. Hofmeister; Douglas Q. Holmes, as Trustee for the George S. Hofmeister Family Trust f/b/o Scott R. Hofmeister; Douglas Q. Holmes, as Trustee for the George S. Hofmeister Family Trust f/b/o Jamie S. Hofmeister, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 28, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lindsay Kennedy James, Siciliano Mychalowych Van Dusen & Feul, PLC, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Appellants. Bruce N. Elliott, Conlin, McKenney & Philbrick, P.C., Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Lindsay Kennedy James, Andrew W. Mychalowych, Siciliano Mychalowych Van Dusen & Feul, PLC, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Appellants. Bruce N. Elliott, Joy M. Glovick, Conlin, McKenney & Philbrick, P.C., Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge; and GILMAN and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

BOGGS, Chief Judge.

In this case, we consider whether a district court may summarily enforce a settlement agreement that produced the dismissal of an earlier federal suit when the court has diversity jurisdiction over the breach-of-settlement-agreement controversy. We conclude that it may, and we therefore affirm the district court's judgment.

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In 2001, James and Henry Limbright sued George and Kay Hofmeister in the United States...

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