United States Sixth Circuit - September 2007 Opinion Summaries

Air Prods. & Controls, Inc. v. Safetech Int'l, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
In a suit lawsuit alleging, inter alia, that defendants engaged in a fraudulent transfer of assets to avoid a debt owed to plaintiff, order granting...

US v. Brogdon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and sex-offense-related conditions of supervised release imposed by the district court are...

Al Perry Enters., Inc. v. Appalachian Fuels, LLC

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
In a breach of contract action arising from a bankruptcy court approved sale of the assets and assumption of the executory contracts of a bankrupt...

Am. Maritime Officers v. Marine Eng'rs Beneficial Ass'n

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute between competing labor unions representing maritime officers alleging tortious interference with a contractual relationship and unjust...

Harbison v. Bell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In a death penalty matter arising from offenses of first-degree murder, second-degree burglary, and grand larceny, various district court rulings...

US v. Robinson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for various drug and firearms offenses is affirmed as: 1) a previous remand of the case was a limited remand, not a general remand, and the...

Experimental Holdings, Inc. v. Farris

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by a disappointed bidder under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law alleging a deprivation of property without due process and...

Fed. Home Loan Mortgage Corp. v. Lamar

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action claiming defendant-collector violated the notice provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and state law when it...

Bey v. Bagley

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a death penalty case is affirmed over a meritless claim that the state trial court violated the...

Peet v. City of Detroit

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law
In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 seeking damages from individual Detroit police officers for their alleged unconstitutional seizure...