IN RE: M.T.G., INC., GUY C. VINING, Trustee for M.T.G., Inc. v. CHARLES J. TAUNT & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 22-12661 and consolidated from 22-12769; AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 22-12661 and consolidated from 23-10048; COMERICA BANK, INC., 22-12661 and consolidated from 22-12661 and 23- 10048; PLUNKETT COONEY, P.C., 22-12661 and consolidated from 22-12769 and 23-10048; GARAN LUCOW MILLER, P.C., consolidated from 23-10048; CHERI L. TAUNT, Personal Representative for the Probate Estate of Charles J. Taunt - Articles

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IN RE: M.T.G., INC., GUY C. VINING, Trustee for M.T.G., Inc. v. CHARLES J. TAUNT & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 22-12661 and consolidated from 22-12769; AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 22-12661 and consolidated from 23-10048; COMERICA BANK, INC., 22-12661 and consolidated from 22-12661 and 23- 10048; PLUNKETT COONEY, P.C., 22-12661 and consolidated from 22-12769 and 23-10048; GARAN LUCOW MILLER, P.C., consolidated from 23-10048; CHERI L. TAUNT, Personal Representative for the Probate Estate of Charles J. Taunt

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 14, 2026

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Guy C. Vining, VINING LAW GROUP, PLC, Taylor, Michigan, in pro per.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED & ON BRIEF: Courtney A. Krause, GARAN LUCOW MILLER, PC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees Charles J. Taunt & Associates, P.C. and Cheri L. Taunt.

Attorneys 3: ARGUED: Jeffrey M. Frank, MADDIN HAUSER ROTH & HELLER, PC, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellee American Casualty Company.

Attorneys 4: ARGUED & ON BRIEF: Joseph J. Shannon, BODMAN, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee Comerica Bank.

Attorneys 5: ARGUED & ON BRIEF: Trent B. Collier, COLLINS EINHORN FARRELL PC, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellee Plunkett Cooney, P.C.

Attorneys 6: ON BRIEF: Guy C. Vining, VINING LAW GROUP, PLC, Taylor, Michigan, Barbara D. Urlaub, MORGAN & JONES, PLLC, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Appellant.

Attorneys 7: ON BRIEF: Jeffrey M. Frank, David M. Eisenberg, MADDIN HAUSER ROTH & HELLER, PC, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellee American Casualty Company.

Judge(s): KETHLEDGE, LARSEN, and BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit

BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judge. This appeal arises out of debtor MTG’s decades-long Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings. The original trustee, Charles Taunt, failed to disclose a conflict of interest involving the largest secured creditor, Comerica Bank. The successor trustee, Guy Vining, now seeks to unwind various actions taken during Taunt’s tenure. He alleges that Comerica committed, or is vicariously liable for, fraud on the court based on Taunt’s nondisclosure; that several post-petition transfers of estate property are avoidable under 11 U.S.C. § 549(a); and that Taunt, Taunt’s former law firm Plunkett Cooney, and Comerica, are liable for conversion of estate assets. The bankruptcy court granted summary judgment to the defendants on nearly all these claims, and the district court affirmed. We do the same.

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