United States Sixth Circuit - January 2011 Opinion Summaries

Goodwin v. Johnson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Evidence
District court's grant of defendant's petition for habeas relief in part, from a murder conviction and sentence of death, in concluding that defendant...

US v. McPherson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's motion to reduce his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 3582(c)(2), for his 2004 crack cocaine related...

Doe v. Boland

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' suit against an expert witness under the civil remedy provisions of the federal child pornography, for "morphing" downloaded images of...

US v. Hall

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's imposition of a sentence upon a defendant for drug related crimes in using his state murder conviction to enhance his base offense...

US v. Batti

Cyberspace Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a conviction of defendant for improperly accessing information from a protected computer in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 1030(a)(2)(C) and...

Price v. Bd. of Trustees of the Indiana Laborer's Pension Fund

Administrative Law, ERISA, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against his pension plan challenging the denial of his benefits and claiming that the plan amendment to limit the payment of...

US v. Ashraf

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
In a conviction of a Pakistani citizen on two counts of willful failure to sign travel documents that were necessary for his departure pursuant to a...

Lewis v. Whirlpool Corp.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's action for wrongful termination against defendant claiming that he was terminated in violation of Ohio public policy for his refusal to...

US v. Grant

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a conviction of defendant for possession of a firearm, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and operation of a continuing criminal enterprise,...

Scott v. U.S. R.R. Ret. Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
The Railroad Retirement Board's denial of petitioner's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment in disability benefits under 45 U.S.C. section...