United States Sixth Circuit - May 2008 Opinion Summaries

Scuba v. Brigano

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of defendant's petition for writ of habeas corpus from convictions for aggravated robbery and felonious assault is affirmed where: 1)...

U.S. v. Dedman

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Sentencing, Tax Law
In a prosecution arising from a marriage between defendant's adopted daughter/cousin and defendant's adoptive father as part of a plan to collect his...

US v. Purcell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for drug- and firearm-related offenses, partial grant of a motion to suppress evidence based on a lack of apparent authority to...

In re: United Producers, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Remedies
Dismissal of creditors' appeal of a bankruptcy court's plan confirmation orders is affirmed on grounds of equitable mootness where: 1) creditors'...

U.S. v. Penson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution for unarmed bank robbery, the sentence and judgment is vacated and the case remanded for resentencing where: 1) the district court...

Zaluski v. United Am. Healthcare Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Securities Law
In a class action suit alleging defendants failed to disclose that defendant-health care corporation was making illegal payments to a former state...

U.S. v. Anderson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence pursuant to a guilty plea to money laundering is vacated and remanded for resentencing where: 1) application of section 2S1.1(a)(1) of the...

U.S. v. Martin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where: 1) defendant waived his right to challenge the sufficiency...

Brand v. Motley

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising out of a complaint where plaintiff-black inmate was denied a request to share his cell with a white inmate,...

Nance v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action alleging violations of, inter alia, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Tennessee Handicap Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act...