NO T R EC OM M EN DE D F OR F UL L- TEX T P UB LIC AT ION F ile Nam e: 10a0162n.06 Nos. 07-2141; 07- 2555; 08-1403; 08-1545; 08- 1763 UN ITED STA TES C OU RT OF AP P EA LS F OR THE SI XT H C IR CU IT In r e : C ASACO LON IA L LIM ITED PAR T NE RS H I P, Debtor .

________________________________ VISURON LIMITED PA RTNERSHIP, CASA MIP ROEAST L IMITED P ARTNERSHIP, K

EITH MITAN, P lai nt iffs- App e lla nt s, (No. 07-2141) v. ON AP P EA L F RO M THE UNITED STAT ES DIS TRICT COLLE NE K. C ORCORAN, Individ ually COURT F OR THE E ASTERN and as Trustee; DAVID R . SHOO K, DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

Defendan ts-Appellees

_______________ VISURON LIMITED PA RTNERSHIP, an In d ia n a l imite d p artn ersh ip , CO LL EN E K. CORCORAN, C hapter 7 Bankrup tcy Truste e,

P laintif fs-App ellants, (No. 07-2555)
v. MAXIN E MILLE R BARRETT, an i ndi vidu al; ROBERT FROHM, Individ ually an d as Trus tee of t he Cha r le s F . Ba r r e tt F our th Am e nde d and Restat ed Trust; P INE GROVE CORP ORATION, a Michigan corporation,

De fend ant s- App e lle e s.

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In re: CA SA COLONIAL L IMITED P ARTNERSHIP, Debtor .

____________________________ VISURON LIMITED PA RTNERSHIP,

P laintif f-App ellant, (No. 08-1403)
v. COLLE NE K. C ORCORAN, Chapter7 Trustee of Bank ruptcy Estate of Casa Co lon ialLim it e d P ar tn e r ship ,

Defendan t-Appellee,

_______________ In re: CA SA COLONIAL L IMITED P ARTNERSHIP, Debtor .

__________________________________ KEITH MITAN, P laintif f-App ellant, (No. 08-1545)
v. COLLE NE K. C ORCORAN, Chapter7 Trustee of Bank ruptcy Estate of Casa Co lon ialLim it e d P ar tn e r ship ,

Defendan t-Appellee,

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In re: CA SA COLONIAL L IMITED P ARTNERSHIP, Debtor .

_________________________________ VISURON LIMITED PA RTNERSHIP,

P laintif f-App ellant, (No. 08-1763)
v. COLLE NE K. C ORCORAN, Chapter7 Trustee of Bank ruptcy Estate of Casa Co lon ialLim it e d P ar tn e r ship ,

Defendan t-Appellee. _____________________________________/ BEF OR E: SUH RH EIN RI CH , C OLE, and G ILM AN , C ir c uitJudg e s. SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge. Th e se c on so lid a te d a pp e a ls i nv olv e an o wn e rs hip dispute betwee n the land contra ct vendors a nd vendee of a shoppingcente r located in Port Huron, Mic hig an. Th e 72 nd

Judic ia l D istri c t Co ur

t of Mic hig an g ra

nte d th e land

c on tr a c t ve nd or s a J udg ment of Possession for the shopping cente r on J uly 18, 2001, and that dec ision was aff irmed by the St. Cla ir

County Cir c uit Court and the Mi c hig an Co ur

t of Ap pe a ls. Th e Mic hig an Su pr e me Court declined to re view the de cision. After losing its state appe als, Casa Co l o n i al L imited Partnership (“ Casa Colonial”), the ve ndee, f iled for ba

nkruptcy . Subsequently , Visuron L imited Partnership (“V isuron”), repr esente d by the same attorney as Casa Colonial, Keith Mitan (“ Mitan”), sued the ba

nkruptcy estate, a rguing that Visuron owned the shoppingcente r. The ba nkruptcy court
an d d is tr ic t c o u rt r

u le d in f av o r o f Ca s a Co lo n ia l, n o w r e p r e s e n te d b y T r u s te e Co ll e n e Cor cora n.4

The ba n k ru p t cy co urt and the district c ourt also sanc tioned Mitan for misconduct be fore eac h respe ctive cour

t. After revie wing the brief

s, the rec ord, and its applica ble law, we are persua d ed t h at the dis tr ic t c ourt

ru le d c or re c tly in a ll of its de c isi on s. F ur the rm or e , be c a

us e Mit an ha s c on tin

ue d to us e the same f

rivolous arguments befor e this Court that he used bef ore the bankruptc y

court a nd the district court, we awa

rd attorne y s fee s to the preva iling par ties of this a

ppeal, to be pa id by

Mitan. Specifica lly , attorney s fee s are awa rded to the prevailing parties in Case Nos. 07- 2141, 07-2555, 08- 1403, and 08-1763. We do not a war d attorney s fee s for Case No. 08-1545. The pr evailingparties have 14 da

y s to su bmi t a bil l of c os ts t o th is Court

if the y wi shto c oll e c t atto rn e y s f e e s. Mit an w ill then have 14 day s to file any objections. Ac c or din g ly , w e AF F I RM the de c isi on s b y the dis tr ic t c ourt

fo r the re a so ns state d in i ts w e llrea soned opinions dat ed J une 19, 2006 (Case No. 07-2555), Septe mber 29, 2006 (Ca se No. 07- 2555), August 6, 2007 (Case No. 07- 2141), Nove mber 20, 2007 (Ca se No. 07-2555) , Fe bruar y 12, 20 08 (C a se No s. 08 -1 40 3, 08 -1 54 5) , Mar c h 19, 20 08 (C a se No . 08- 15 45 ), and Ap ri l 22 , 2 00 8 ( Ca se No. 08-1763).