United States Sixth Circuit - June 2005 Opinion Summaries

Pollard v. E.E. DuPont

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful discharge case, the district court did not err in concluding that defendant was liable for the tort of intentional infliction of...

Schroder v. City of Fort Thomas

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiffs' section 1983 claim, alleging that defendant-City violated their due process rights by failing to act upon their request to lower the speed...

US v. Grenoble

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for a wire fraud conviction is vacated and remanded pursuant to US v. Booker, 125 S.Ct. 738 (2005).

Wyser-Pratte Mgmt. Co. v. Telxon Corp.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's fraud claims, alleging that defendants engaged in a deceptive scheme to inflate financial results, is affirmed where the...

Wolfe v. Perry

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's untimely constitutional claims, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983, is affirmed over his challenge to the district...

Madrigal v. Bagley

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
The district court properly granted habeas corpus relief to defendant since his rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment were...

US v. Dixon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
The district court did not abuse its discretion when it excluded the prosecution's witnesses, who were to testify that the suspect depicted in a...

Tucker v. Union of Needletrades

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination action, plaintiff's claim, alleging defendant-employer violated the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, is dismissed...

Hogan v. US

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, judgment against plaintiff's claim, alleging that his property was contaminated by radioactive...

US v. Poole

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for illegal possession of a firearm is vacated and remanded for resentencing consistent with US v. Booker, 125 S.Ct. 738 (2005).