United States Sixth Circuit - June 2010 Opinion Summaries

Younis v. Pinnacle Airlines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's suit for employment discrimination and retaliation under Title VII, claiming that he was terminated from his position as a pilot with...

US v. Springer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Military Law
Conviction of a former Army member for possessing an unregisterd firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. sections 5861(d) and 5871, for taking a live rocket...

Aldini v. Johnson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 excessive force suit against four corrections officers, claiming that he was beaten and repeatedly tased while...

Kyle v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Administrative Law, Government Benefits
District court's affirmance of ALJ's determination that claimant was not disabled for Social Security purposes is affirmed where: 1) the ALJ's factual...

Wedgewood Ltd. P'ship I v. Township of Liberty

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a property owner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a town and its Board of Trustees, arising from an adoption of a zoning ordinance that...

Claiborne-Hughes Health Ctr. v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law, Sanctions
The Appellate Division of the Departmental Appeals Board's (DAB) affirmance of the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services'...

US v. Robinson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's grant of pro se defendant's motion to reduce his sentence under 18 U.S.C. section 3582(c)(2) for crack cocaine and firearm related...

Davis v. Lafler

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief from convictions for carjacking and receiving and concealing stolen property is...

US v. Stone

Criminal Law & Procedure
District court's decision to release five defendants, belonging to a paramilitary organization known as the Michigan Hutaree, on bail pending their...

Winnett v. Caterpillar, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an interlocutory appeal brought by Caterpillar from the district court's decision preliminarily enjoining the company to provide a subclass of 275...