United States Sixth Circuit - April 2003 Opinion Summaries

HEYDON v. MEDIAONE OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, INC.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
The Cable Communications Policy Act did not provide a private cause of action to plaintiffs, in an action challenging defendant's ability to enter...

THACKER v. CITY OF COLUMBUS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Plaintiffs cannot show a constitutional violation occurred when city law enforcement and paramedics came to their home in response to a 911 call...

US v. GRAHAM

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence that is "imposed independently" under U.S.S.G. section 5G1.2(a) does not count toward the total punishment when stacking consecutive...

AM. ELEC. POWER CO. v. US

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Tax Law
A corporate-owned life insurance plan was an economic sham, thus deductions of interest due on loans made against the policies from federal income tax...

NORTHLAND INS. CO. v. STEWART TITLE GUARANTY CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A title insurance underwriter failed to assert any theories of recovery that fell within a claims-made Title Agent, Abstracter and Escrow Agent Errors...

LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INS. CO. v. MASSARONE

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Denial of an underinsured motorist coverage claim was not erroneous under Kentucky law, where the insurer received no notice by the tortfeasor's...

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. US DEP'T OF TRANSP.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Transportation
The procedure used by the U.S. Department of Transportation, in disallowing an annual fee imposed by Tennessee on interstate hazardous waste...

MCKENZIE v. SMITH

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Given the circumstances of a child's out-of-court statement and the lack of any corroborating evidence, on the record petitioner's conviction of...

HAMAD v. WOODCREST CONDO. ASS'N

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Plaintiffs who alleged that they were members of a community whose familial-status composition was being manipulated had standing under the Fair...

ROBINSON v. CHAMPAIGN LANDMARK, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Review of an arbitration award in a bankruptcy proceeding is limited to proper motions to vacate or modify under the Federal Arbitration Act, and...