United States Sixth Circuit - July 2006 Opinion Summaries

Gentry v. Deuth

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Grant of a motion to enforce a judgment, which converted a conditional grant of habeas relief into an absolute grant and voided petitioner's...

US v. Whittington

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base is affirmed over a claim that the district court erred in denying defendant's motion in limine...

Washington v. Renico

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a habeas petition from a conviction and sentence for first-degree murder and firearm possession during a felony is affirmed over claims...

Nack v. Orange City Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law, Health Law
Summary judgment for a school district on an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) suit is affirmed over claims that the school district...

Wright v. Murray Guard, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer on claims of race and sex discrimination on single- and mixed-motive theories brought by a security guard is...

In re: Dow Corning Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Remedies
There is a presumption that default interest should be paid to unsecured claim holders in a solvent debtor bankruptcy case. Further, unsecured...

Ellis v. Cleveland Mun. Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
Judgment as a matter of law in favor of a school district in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from a physical altercation between a child and her...

Frontier Ins. Co. v. Blaty

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies, Sanctions
A judgment and award of damages against defendants in a suit brought by plaintiff, the estate of a child, against a private foster care agency under a...

Poindexter v. Mitchell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a death penalty case, grant of habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. section 2254 on the grounds that petitioner received constitutionally...

BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. Universal Telecom, Inc.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Government Law
An order of the Kentucky Public Service Commission allowing a telecommunications company, an entrant to a local telephone market, to adopt an existing...