United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

DRFP LLC v. Republica Bolivariana De Venezuela

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, International Law
In an Ohio limited liability company's suit against Venezuela and its Ministry of Finance in the federal district court in Columbus, Ohio, for...

Hoffner v. Bradshaw

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief from a conviction for aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, robbery and a...

US v. Franklin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant, a former police officer and armored truck employee, for robbing ATM machines and an armored truck at gunpoint, district...

Louisiana Sch. Employees' Ret. Sys. v. Ernst & Young, LLP

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Securities Law
In a securities fraud class action lawsuit against a public accounting firm Ernst & Young in connection with purchase of publicly traded securities of...

US v. Graham

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendant's convictions for crack-cocaine related offenses and a life sentence are affirmed where: 1) district court did not err in denying...

US v. Carradine

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm with intent to distribute is affirmed where: 1) district court did...

Cleveland Hous. Renewal Project v. Deutsche Bank Trust Co.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a public nuisance action against Deutsche Bank Trust Company and affiliated companies in connection with twenty-five vacant properties in and...

Equitable Res., Inc. v. United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Mfg., etc.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
In a company's suit under section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) to vacate or modify the arbitration award against it, district...

Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust v. Tucker

Bankruptcy Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In Chapter 13 proceedings, bankruptcy court's judgment sustaining the debtor's claim that she need only cure the amount of default that is secured and...

US v. Bd. of Commissioners of Hamilton County

Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, Public Utilities
In a county board of commissioner's suit against a city, seeking a declaratory judgment that the city could not unilaterally terminate a 1985 sewage...