FIRESTONE v. GALBREATH

Nos. 90-4114 to 90-4120.

976 F.2d 279 (1992)

Douglas B. FIRESTONE (90-4114/4120); Amy Firestone Del Valle (90-4114/4120); Russell A. Firestone III (90-4115); Jeffrey Firestone (90-4116/4117); David M. Firestone, Jr. (90-4116/4117); Mark A. Firestone (90-4118); and Leigh E. Firestone (90-4119), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Daniel M. GALBREATH, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1992.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas B. Firestone, pro se.

Amy Firestone del Valle, pro se.

Jeffrey Firestone, pro se.

David M. Firestone, Jr., pro se.

Joan E. O'Dell (argued and briefed), Washington, D.C., Richard S. Wayne (argued), Strauss & Troy, Cincinnati, Ohio, Neil B. Jagolinzer, Christiansen, Jacknin & Tuthill, West Palm Beach, Fla., John W. Clark, Jr., Clark, Wiley & Goodall, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert M. Kincaid, Jr. (briefed), Baker & Hostetler, Columbus, David J. Young (briefed), Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Craig Denmead (argued and briefed), Christiane Ward Schmenk, Denmead, Blackburn & Willard, Columbus, Ohio, Philip R. Forlenza, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, for defendants-appellees.

Before: MILBURN and NORRIS, Circuit Judges; and ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.


ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.

The underlying conflict in this litigation is a will contest between competing factions of a wealthy family.

Plaintiffs Douglas B. Firestone, Amy Firestone del Valle, Russell A. Firestone III, Jeffrey B. Firestone, David M. Firestone Jr., Mark Firestone and Leigh Firestone appeal from the district court's dismissal of their seventy-four state tort and federal RICO claims against Daniel Galbreath and others. The district court dismissed...

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