United States Sixth Circuit - June 2009 Opinion Summaries

US v. Canipe

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's firearm possession conviction and sentence are affirmed where: 1) the arresting officer possessed probable cause to believe that a traffic...

US v. Johnson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendants' drug possession sentences are affirmed where neither Defendant was eligible for a reduced sentence under 18 U.S.C. section 3582(c)(2),...

Hartman v. Great Seneca Fin. Corp.

Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law
In an action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claiming that Defendants falsely stated in state-court complaints that a certain document...

Kramer v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action against an insurer for wrongful termination of longterm disability benefits, judgment for Defendant is reversed where the record...

Lovely v. US

Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In an intentional infliction of emotional distress action against the U.S. based on an Army Reserve disciplinary proceeding, the dismissal of the...

Keweenaw Bay Indian Comm. v. Rising

Indian Law, Tax Law
In an Indian tribe's action seeking injunctive relief from Michigan's policy of taxing transactions involving the tribe and from Michigan's reliance...

Merriweather v. Zamora

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action for unlawfully opening a prisoner's legal mail, the denial of Defendants' motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds is...

US v. O'Georgia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's tax evasion and obstruction of justice sentence is vacated where: 1) the District Court erred when it reimposed a custodial sentence that...

Reed v. Int'l. Union

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action claiming that Defendant-Union failed to provide a reasonable accommodation for Plaintiff's religious objection to financially...

Reed v. Int'l. Union

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action claiming that Defendant-Union failed to provide a reasonable accommodation for Plaintiff's religious objection to financially...