United States Sixth Circuit - June 2001 Opinion Summaries

QUINTERO v. BELL

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A jury is not fair and impartial under the Sixth Amendment when seven of its members had previously sat on a jury that convicted defendant's...

EDWARDS v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTH.

Indian Law
Determining appropriate safety measures regarding the public's access to the waters around a dam is within the discretion of the Tennessee Valley...

ONIFFER v. TYSZKIEWICZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Although some circumstances of re-sentencing may implicate due process rights of prisoners because of the expectation of finality of judgments, in...

DARRAH v. CITY OF OAK PARK

Civil Rights
Defendant police officer did not act unreasonably or use excessive force in striking plaintiff in the face after she grabbed him from behind in an...

US v. HARRIS

Criminal Law & Procedure
Police officers executing a valid search warrant in aprivate residence do not need to knock on interior doors or announce their presence before...

WATKINS & SON PET SUPPLIES v. THE IAMS CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts
Under Ohio law, distributorship contracts are sales contracts and fraud in the inducement exception to parol evidence rules does not apply where...

DOE v. BOWLES

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
Appellate courts lack jurisdiction to review denial of a motion for summary judgment on the grounds of qualified immunity where defendants refuse to...

OUR GARAGE & WRECKER SERV. v. CITY OF COLUMBUS

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Constitutional Law
The Interstate Commerce Act preempts municipal licensing and safety regulation of non-consensual towing operations when the municipality does not act...

HEALTHCARE & RETIREMENT CORP. OF AM. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
The National Labor Relations Board does not violate an employer's due process in allowing the same individual who presided over union elections to...

US v. CLINGAN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's bartering cars for guns, and subsequent sale of the guns for profit, does not entitle him to a sentencing reduction under USSG 2K2.1(b)(2)...