United States Sixth Circuit - December 2005 Opinion Summaries

Patel v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
The 1996 amendments to section 212(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, relating to the Attorney General's discretionary power to waive removal...

US v. Gleason

Remedies, Tax Law
Permanent injunction on defendant from selling or promoting his product containing faulty tax advice or from providing services to purchasers of the...

Bowles v. Russell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
For purposes of the deadline for filing a notice of appeal, the fourteen-day period of Rule 4(a)(6) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure is not...

Brainard v. Am. Skandia Life Assurance Corp.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer in a dispute connected with the purchase of certain annuity contracts from defendant is affirmed over...

US v. Stone

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Tax Law
Defendants' sentences for conspiring to defraud the United States by impeding the Internal Revenue Service in the ascertainment and collection of tax...

Gnesys, Inc. v. Greene

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Patent, Sanctions
Appeal from findings that defendant willfully violated an injunction enjoining him from using intellectual property of his former employer and an...

Frazier v. Honda of America Mfg., Inc.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for employer defendant in a Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) interference claim is affirmed where plaintiff's claim fails since he did...

Mountain Top Beverage Group, Inc. v. Wildlife Brewing N.B., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
Summary judgment in favor of defendants on trademark infringement claims and related state law claims, and the district court's cancellation of...

Brown v. Raymond Corp.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability
Summary judgment for defendant, a forklift manufacturer, in a products liability action is affirmed where the district court applied the appropriate...

Secura Insurance v. Stainless Sales, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
Denial of declaratory judgment and a finding that the defendant was covered under plaintiff's commercial general liability insurance policy is...