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IN RE COSTS AND ATTORNEY FEES

Docket No. 219313.

645 N.W.2d 697 (2002)

250 Mich. App. 89

In re COSTS AND ATTORNEY FEES. Powell Production, Inc. and Powell Leasing Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Jackhill Oil Company, Defendant, and Phillip Bowen, Neil Juliar, and Conlin, McKenney & Philbrick, P.C., Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided February 26, 2002, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication May 31, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loren, Shirk & Snell (by Kevin G. Shirk and Thomas L. Thompson), Hillsdale, for the plaintiffs.

Buesser, Buesser, Black, Lynch, Fryhoff & Graham, P.C. (by William R. Buesser and Diane M. Buettner), P.C. Bloomfield Hills, for Neil Juliar, Phillip Bowen, and Conlin, McKenney & Philbrick.

Before: GRIFFIN, P.J., and GAGE and METER, JJ.

METER, J.

This appeal involves sanctions imposed against Neil Juliar, a former attorney of defendant Jackhill Oil Company, and his law firm for raising a frivolous defense in a suit between plaintiffs and Jackhill. We affirm.

In 1987, plaintiffs sued Jackhill because of a dispute involving an agreement to develop oil interests on land leased by plaintiffs. Plaintiffs contended that under the terms of the parties...

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