In 2004, EJS Properties LLC sued the city of Toledo and Bob McCloskey, alleging the city violated constitutional rights to property, liberty, and due process by denying a rezoning application from EJS in 2002. The company said that then-councilman Mc Closkey demanded a $100,000 payment to approve the deal and the rest of the council followed his lead in eventually denying the rezoning request. Eventually the case made it to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. However, the judge who had previously heard the case was still making decisions on some small parts of the case. The Appellate court grappled with whether it had jurisdiction over the case yet with the prior court still acting on it. How did this case turn out? EJS PROPERTIES, LLC v. City of Toledo, 689 F.3d 535 - Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, 2012.