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VAN HOVEN v. BUCKLES & BUCKLES, P.L.C.

Nos. 18-2399/19-1078.

947 F.3d 889 (2020)

Maureen VAN HOVEN, for herself and class members, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BUCKLES & BUCKLES, P.L.C.; Geraldine C. Buckles; Michael H.R. Buckles, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 16, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Roger L. Premo , Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Appellants. Michael O. Nelson , Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Roger L. Premo , Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Appellants. Michael O. Nelson , Grand Rapids, Michigan, Kevin J. Rogers , Phillip C. Rogers , Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee. Jeffrey A. Topor , SIMMONDS & NARITA LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae in 18-2399.

SUTTON, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which KETHLEDGE, J., joined. STRANCH, J. (pp. 900-05) delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

A lawyer sued two lawyers, and each side hired more lawyers. Five years later, after "Stalingrad litigation" tactics, discovery sanctions, and dueling allegations of professional misconduct, we are left with $3,662 in damages and roughly $180,000 in attorney's fees. We vacate and remand.

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