United States Sixth Circuit - December 2010 Opinion Summaries

US v. West

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In a prosecution of defendant for armed bank robbery and for using a firearm during a crime of violence, district court's grant of a motion to...

Charvat v. EchoStar Satellite, LLC.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law
In plaintiff's suit against EchoStar Satellite (EchoStar) for 307 violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (Act) and its accompanying...

Gray v. Bush

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute over the trust funds for several cemeteries located in the Midwest, district court's dismissal of the suit on Burford abstention grounds...

US v. McCarty

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for knowingly stealing two cultural heritage objects and a within-Guidelines sentence of forty-six months' imprisonment, are...

Hill v. Lappin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an inmate's pro se civil rights action against the director of the Bureau of Prisons and four prison staff members, seeking damages, a temporary...

Ferguson v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's affirmance of the Commission of Social Security's denial of plaintiff's applications for disability benefits and supplemental...

Fabian v. Fulmer Helmets, Inc.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In plaintiff's suit against a helmet manufacturer for misrepresenting the safety of its helmets, district court's grant of defendant's motion to...

US v. Ruvalcaba

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a conviction of defendant for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, district court's reliance on a prior state conviction to...

Miles Christi Religious Order v. Township of Northville

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by a religious order and two of its members under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and the Federal and...

Sanborn v. Parker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Evidence
In defendant's petition for habeas relief from his capital murder conviction, district court's denial for the most part but grant in part on the...