United States Sixth Circuit - November 2010 Opinion Summaries

US v. Reid

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Convictions of a husband and wife for conspiracy to commit money laundering and related offenses, arising from a large-scale drug trafficking...

John B. v. Goetz

Administrative Law, Health Law, Remedies, Government Benefits, Government Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a 1998 class action challenge to Tennessee's managed care program under the Medicaid Act claiming that the Tennessee officials charged with...

US v. Gibbs

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(1), district court's imposition of...

Brooks v. State of Tennessee

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
In defendant's request for habeas relief from his convictions for first-degree felony murder, especially aggravated robbery, theft of property, and...

US v. Henderson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction and sentence of defendant for killing two witnesses in retaliation for providing information and testifying against him in a 1981 federal...

US v. Curb

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for crack cocaine related offenses, district court's imposition of a sentence of twenty-one years and ten months...

US v. United Tech. Corp.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law, Remedies
In a suit filed by the United States against United Technologies under the False Claims Act and common law, seeking reimbursement for manipulating...

Defoe v. Spiva

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In plaintiffs' suit against a county, a school board and other individuals, claiming that the banning of displays of the Confederate flag in the...

US v. Walden

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution of defendant for possession with the intent to distribute narcotics, district court's refusal to consider an untimely motion to...

Schwalm v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's dismissal of plaintiff's suit against an insurer's decision to terminate plaintiff's long-term disability benefits for complications...