United States Sixth Circuit - November 2009 Opinion Summaries

Dortch v. Fowler

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit against a driver of a tractor-trailer and the driver's employer arising from a traffic accident, summary judgment in favor of the...

Cooey v. Strickland

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's order staying defendant's execution, based on preexisting litigation related to challenges to Ohio's method of execution including...

East Brooks Books, Inc. v. Shelby County, Tenn.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action brought by the operator of two bookstores that sell non-obscene sexually oriented material and restrict admissions to adults only...

Entm't Prod., Inc. v. Shelby County, Tenn.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Denial of plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction in their suit against the county challenging the constitutionality of the Tennessee...

US v. Gabbard

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendants' convictions and sentences for conspiracy to manufacture 100 or more marijuana plants, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and...

US v. Petrus

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence to 70 months' imprisonment for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute illegal drugs is affirmed where: 1) the district...

US v. Simmons

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence of 116 months' imprisonment for possession of more than five grams of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and for being a...

US v. Hardy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Tax Law, White Collar Crime
In a prosecution for bank fraud and tax evasion, district court's exclusion of defense evidence on the ground that defendant failed to comply with the...

US v. Thompson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence to 28 months' imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base is affirmed as the district court properly...

White v. Howes

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's grant of petition for habeas relief on the ground that the trial court violated the Double Jeopardy Clause by convicting defendant...