United States Sixth Circuit - February 2010 Opinion Summaries

Miles Farm Supply, LLC v. Helena Chem. Co.

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's action for tortious interference alleging that defendant aided and abetted a breach of fiduciary duty by three of its employees,...

Bessemer & Lake Erie R.R. Co. v. Seaway Marine Transp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an admiralty action seeking recovery of repair costs and lost profits against a cargo ship after it struck a land-based coal-loading machine...

V&M Star, LP v. Centimark Corp.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In an action claiming diversity jurisdiction, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is remanded with instructions to...

Wright-Hines v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law
Denial of plaintiff's claims for supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits is affirmed where: 1) the ALJ noted that a written...

US v. Thorton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Sentence and conviction of defendant for drug and firearm related crimes are affirmed where: 1) defendant's claim that district court erred by...

Michigan Bell Tel. Co. v. Chappelle

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In an action by a state telephone-utility commission and several competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) against Michigan Bell (an incumbent local...

Gagne v. Booker

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Grant of habeas relief to a defendant convicted of criminal sexual misconduct is affirmed as a Michigan Court of Appeals opinion constituted an...

Tolliver v. Sheets

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for habeas relief brought by a defendant convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend is affirmed where: 1) while portions of...

Stewart v. Wolfenbarger

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
District court's grant of defendant's petition for habeas relief, holding that there was insufficient evidence to convict the defendant of...

US v. Russell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction of defendant for various drug and firearm related offenses and sentence of 684 months' imprisonment are affirmed where: 1) it is...