United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Zoarab v. Mukasey

Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of asylum and related relief is denied where there was little in the record to suggest that petitioner's comments...

Fieger v. Cox

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections, Government Law, Sanctions
In an action alleging vindictive prosecution against Michigan's Attorney General, a state Supreme Court Justice, and the state's Secretary of State,...

Michigan Div. - Monument Builders of N. Am. v. Michigan Cemetery Ass'n

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Sanctions
In an antitrust action involving allegations of anticompetitive behavior in the market for burial monuments in the state of Michigan, dismissal of the...

Gibson v. Moskowitz

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law action brought by the estate of a mentally disabled inmate who died from severe dehydration, a judgment...

Johnson v. Bell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In habeas proceedings in a death penalty case, denial of habeas relief is affirmed over claims regarding whether: 1) petitioner's due process right...

Huang v. Mikasey

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of an application for asylum and related relief, as well as a motion to remand to the BIA and supplement the record,...

Keene v. Mitchell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of death row inmate's petition for writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where: 1) petitioner failed to demonstrate that his equal protection...

U.S. v. Goosby

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing, Tax Law
In a tax fraud case, defendant's conviction and sentence is affirmed where: 1) there was sufficient evidence of the materiality of the false...

In re: Saffady

Civil Procedure, Construction, Property Law & Real Estate
In a long-standing property-use dispute, plaintiffs' and receiver's appeals from a district court decision on its own motion vacating a summary...

Great Lakes Exploration Group, LLC v. Unidentified Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing Vessel

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an in rem admiralty action brought by a private underwater exploration and salvage company seeking an arrest warrant for an ancient sailing vessel...