TROPF v. FIDELITY NAT. TITLE INS. CO.

Nos. 00-1368, 00-1699 and 01-1550.

289 F.3d 929 (2002)

Karl F. TROPF; Catherine Tropf, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Arthur Lee Morman, Appellant, v. FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Texas Corporation; Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, a California Corporation; Midwest Guaranty Bank, a Michigan Corporation; 20th Century Financial Corporation; Jorg Bierekoven; Frank Bierekoven; Lynne Wolenski; Mary Jane Diamond; Raymond Bischoff; Chicago Title Insurance Company, a Missouri Corporation; Atlas Appraisal Company; Thomas Gammon; Fidelity National Title Insurance Company of New York; Andrzej Zajac; Kimberly Zajac, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed May 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur L. Morman (argued and briefed), Detroit, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in Nos. 00-1368, 00-1699 and 01-1550.

Michael S. Leib (briefed), Mark H. Fink (argued and briefed), Maddin, Hauser, Wartell, Roth, Heller & Pesses, Southfield, MI, for Defendants-Appellees in Nos. 00-1368, 00-1699 and 01-1550.

John Sharp (argued and briefed), Strobl, Cunningham, Carettie & Sharp, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Defendants-Appellees in Nos. 00-1368, 00-1699.

William S. Lewis (argued), Detroit, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 01-1550.

Before: KEITH, BOGGS, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellants Karl E. Tropf and Catherine Tropf ("the Tropfs") appeal the district court's dismissal of their claims and imposition of sanctions. The Tropfs' claims arose out of a complicated set of real estate transactions in Michigan in the 1980s and early 1990s, during which, the Tropfs allege, the Tropfs' house was taken from them by fraudulent conveyance. A number of state court actions ensued, and the Tropfs were...

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