United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

In re: United Producers, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Remedies
Dismissal of creditors' appeal of a bankruptcy court's plan confirmation orders is affirmed on grounds of equitable mootness where: 1) creditors'...

U.S. v. Penson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution for unarmed bank robbery, the sentence and judgment is vacated and the case remanded for resentencing where: 1) the district court...

Zaluski v. United Am. Healthcare Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Securities Law
In a class action suit alleging defendants failed to disclose that defendant-health care corporation was making illegal payments to a former state...

U.S. v. Anderson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence pursuant to a guilty plea to money laundering is vacated and remanded for resentencing where: 1) application of section 2S1.1(a)(1) of the...

U.S. v. Martin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where: 1) defendant waived his right to challenge the sufficiency...

Brand v. Motley

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising out of a complaint where plaintiff-black inmate was denied a request to share his cell with a white inmate,...

Nance v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action alleging violations of, inter alia, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Tennessee Handicap Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act...

Cristini v. McKee

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
An order conditionally granting petitioner habeas relief based on prosecutorial misconduct is reversed where: 1) the prosecutor relied in good faith...

U.S. v. Bullock

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence imposed pursuant to a guilty plea to possession of a firearm while subject to a domestic violence order is affirmed over a meritless claim...

U.S. v. Smith

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon, arising from a search of defendant's residence while he was serving a sentence as a prisoner in a...