| Description | Date | Docket # |
| FIRST HEALTHCARE CORP. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD. United States Sixth Circuit Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law Substantial evidence supported the NLRB's finding that petitioner violated section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act by denying access to... |
09/19/2003 | 01-2478/2673 |
| US v. LOPEZ-ARIAS United States Sixth Circuit Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure DEA agents had arrested defendants by the time defendants consented to the search of a motel room, and the arrest was unlawful because the DEA agents... |
09/19/2003 | 02-5154 |
| US v. SMITH United States Sixth Circuit Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Sentencing The district court violated Fed R. Crim. P. 32(c)(1) by failing to make factual findings at the time of sentencing regarding whether alleged social... |
09/19/2003 | 01-1124/2427 |
| SUTHERLAND v. MICHIGAN DEP'T OF TREASURY United States Sixth Circuit Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law Summary judgment and dismissal of claims in a "reverse" race discrimination case arising from denial of promotions, brought pursuant to Title VII of... |
09/18/2003 | 01-2052 |
| SALLIER v. BROOKS United States Sixth Circuit Civil Rights, Constitutional Law In a state prisoner's civil rights action, the question of what constitutes "legal mail" is one of law and the district court erred in submitting the... |
09/18/2003 | 01-1269 |
| WALLS v. AMERISURE MUT. INS. CO. United States Sixth Circuit Contracts, Insurance Law In a claim for insurance coverage from an automobile accident, summary judgment is reversed where the district court failed to address whether... |
09/18/2003 | 01-4320 |
| E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO. v. OKULEY United States Sixth Circuit Civil Procedure, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent The district court lacked jurisdiction to review the inventorship of an unissued patent, and summary judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed in an action... |
09/17/2003 | 01-3074 |
| RODGERS v. BANKS United States Sixth Circuit Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law Although the Eleventh Amendment bars a section 1983 plaintiff from seeking money damages for termination from employment at a state mental hospital,... |
09/17/2003 | 01-4034 |
| BOWLING v. PARKER United States Sixth Circuit Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus After a murder conviction and death penalty, denial of habeas relief is affirmed over claims of improper jury instructions, ineffective assistance of... |
09/17/2003 | 01-5832 |
| US v. HERBIN United States Sixth Circuit Criminal Law & Procedure Narcotics agents had an objectively justifiable basis for stopping the car, and circumstances of the stop and detention were within legal limits, thus... |
09/15/2003 | 02-5143 |