PANIAN v. LAMBRECHT ASSOCIATES, INC.

Case No. 1:14-CV-572.

JEFFREY PANIAN, an individual, JILL PANIAN, an individual, and FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF WEST MICHIGAN, a Michigan non-profit corporation, Plaintiffs, v. LAMBRECHT ASSOCIATES, INC., a Michigan corporation, BURTON RIDGE, L.L.C., a Michigan limited liability company, EASTGATE VILLAGE, L.L.C., a Michigan limited liability company, and LAKEWOOD HILLS, L.L.C., a Michigan limited liability company, Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs, v. FAIR HOUSING CENTER OF WEST MICHIGAN, a Michigan non-profit corporation, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

December 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Panian, an individual, plaintiff, represented by Frederick E. Mackraz , The Mackraz Law Office PC & Jia M. Cobb , Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC.

Jill Panian, an individual, plaintiff, represented by Frederick E. Mackraz , The Mackraz Law Office PC & Jia M. Cobb , Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC.

Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, plaintiff, represented by Cameron R. Getto , Zausmer Kaufman August Caldwell & Tayler PC, Frederick E. Mackraz , The Mackraz Law Office PC & Jia M. Cobb , Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC.

Lambrecht Associates, Inc., a Michigan corporation, defendant, represented by Sara Grey Lachman , Miller Johnson PLC & Sarah K. Willey , Miller Johnson PLC.

Burton Ridge, LLC, defendant, represented by Sara Grey Lachman , Miller Johnson PLC.

Burton Ridge, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, defendant, represented by Sarah K. Willey , Miller Johnson PLC.

Eastgate Village, LLC, defendant, represented by Sara Grey Lachman , Miller Johnson PLC & Sarah K. Willey , Miller Johnson PLC.

Lakewood Hills, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, defendant, represented by Sara Grey Lachman , Miller Johnson PLC & Sarah K. Willey , Miller Johnson PLC.

Burton Ridge, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, counter-claimant, represented by Sara Grey Lachman , Miller Johnson PLC & Sarah K. Willey , Miller Johnson PLC.

Lambrecht Associates, Inc., a Michigan corporation, counter-claimant, represented by Sara Grey Lachman , Miller Johnson PLC & Sarah K. Willey , Miller Johnson PLC.

Eastgate Village, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, counter-claimant, represented by Sara Grey Lachman , Miller Johnson PLC & Sarah K. Willey , Miller Johnson PLC.

Lakewood Hills, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, counter-claimant, represented by Sara Grey Lachman , Miller Johnson PLC & Sarah K. Willey , Miller Johnson PLC.

Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, counter-defendant, represented by Cameron R. Getto , Zausmer Kaufman August Caldwell & Tayler PC, Frederick E. Mackraz , The Mackraz Law Office PC & Mark J. Zausmer , Zausmer Kaufman August Caldwell & Tayler PC.

Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, a Michigan non-profit corporation, counter-defendant, represented by Jia M. Cobb , Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC.


OPINION

ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.

This action is before the Court on Plaintiff Fair Housing Center of West Michigan's Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss Defendants' counterclaim for defamation. (ECF No. 12.) For the reasons that follow, the motion will be granted.

I.

Plaintiffs Jeffrey and Jill Panian, a married couple with three children, and the Fair Housing Center of West Michigan (the "Center") filed this...

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