United States Sixth Circuit - June 2003 Opinion Summaries

LEPLEY v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEM. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Plaintiff failed to satisfy insurance policy requirements of providing prompt notice of her claim and protecting the insurer's rights to subrogation,...

U.S. v. LANG

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's failure to produce any evidence supporting her argument that she did not abuse a position of trust under U.S.S.G. section 3B1.3 is an...

US v. CAMEJO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Previous incarceration as an immigration detainee is not categorically proscribed by the Guidelines, thus the district court did possess the...

CLIFFORD v. CHANDLER

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A police officer's racial voice identification of one the voices that the officer heard in apartment as belonging to a black male will not necessarily...

HARRISON v. MONUMENTAL LIFE INS. CO.

Insurance Law
Evidence presented by plaintiff at trial was sufficient to find that an exclusionary clause precluding coverage was not applicable. Thus, plaintiff is...

3750 ORANGE PLACE LTD. P'SHIP v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
A Board petition ordering plaintiffs, as successor employers, to recognize, bargain with, and provide information to the collective bargaining...

IN RE: SERV. MERCH. CO., INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Tax Law
In light of In re Hood, 319 F.3d 755 (6th Cir. 2003), the Commissioner of Revenue for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is not entitled to sovereign...

ETW CORP. v. JIREH PUBL'G, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Sports Law, Trademark
The presence of Tiger Woods's image on art prints did not amount to a valid Lanham Act false endorsement claim, and did not violate the right of...

HDM FLUGSERVICE GMBH v. PARKER HANNAFIN CORP.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
The economic loss doctrine under Ohio law applies to an aviation service provider's claims for strict liability and implied warranty, arising from...

ELDRIDGE v. GIBSON

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
A district attorney general and private attorneys are entitled to absolute immunity from a suit arising from a section 1983 plaintiff's overturned...