HEAVRIN v. NELSON

No. 03-5892.

384 F.3d 199 (2004)

Donald HEAVRIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David NELSON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 13, 2004.

Rehearing Denied October 25, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Heavrin, Louisville, KY, James A. Earhart (argued and briefed), Louisville, KY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Edward H. Stopher (briefed), Boehl, Stopher & Graves, Louisville, KY, Timothy S. Harris (argued and briefed), Piper Rudnick LLP, Alexander Terras (briefed), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: David A. NELSON and COOK, Circuit Judges; ROSEN, District Judge.


OPINION

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The complaint purported to assert state-law causes of action for fraud, perjury, and outrage based on the defendants' having filed allegedly false proofs of claim in a bankruptcy proceeding and having given allegedly false testimony in a criminal trial. Because statements contained in legal pleadings and...

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