United States Sixth Circuit - March 2008 Opinion Summaries

US v. Martin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction and sentence for drug- and firearm-related offenses is affirmed primarily where the district court's permitting a police officer to...

Conley v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of a ruling finding that the petitioner-employer engaged in various unfair labor practices is denied, and the NLRB's request for...

Thompson v. N. Am. Stainless, LP

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Title VII prohibits employers from taking retaliatory action against employees not directly involved in protected activity, but who are so closely...

US v. Wittingen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A sentence for drug-related offenses, which exceeded the sentencing range proposed by either the government or probation office, is affirmed where: 1)...

Grace v. USCAR

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and federal and state gender discrimination claims against defendants is affirmed in part and...

Gray v. Moore

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus from a conviction for aggravated murder and kidnapping is affirmed in part, and reversed in part...

US v. West

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to two search warrants and his resulting conviction for being a felon in possession...

Smith v. Williams-Ash

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a social worker claiming violation of their due process right to a hearing before the temporary removal of...

King v. Ambs

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising from plaintiff's arrest after he repeatedly told another individual not to talk to defendant-officer,...

Dunlap v. Tennessee Valley Auth.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit alleging racial discrimination by the Tennessee Valley Authority, a judgment and award in favor of plaintiff finding that TVA's...