United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Mickey v. Zeidler Tool & Die Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and state law, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed in part as to age...

US v. Davis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for drug-related offenses is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) denial of his motion to suppress drugs found during his arrests;...

Demjanjuk v. Mukasey

Immigration Law
Former Nazi concentration camp guard's petition for review of a BIA decision holding that the Chief Immigration Judge was authorized to preside over...

Royal Ins. Co. of Am. v. Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Transportation
In an action brought by Ford and its cargo insurer against defendant-ocean carrier for damages arising from the loss of cargo during a transatlantic...

Wilson v. Parker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a capital case is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) invalid waiver of petitioner's right...

US v. Vowell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentences imposed after defendants pleaded guilty to coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual...

UAW v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of an NLRB decision finding that a company did not violate the NLRA by discharging petitioner is denied over challenges to the...

Watson Wyatt & Co. v. SBC Holdings, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
An order denying in part a petition to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) is reversed where the arbitration provision in the...

Dolan v. US

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of tort claims against the US and Bivens and common law conspiracy claims against individual defendants is affirmed where: 1) the individual...

Tullis v. UMB Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
The plain language and intent of ERISA permits an individual plan participant to seek recovery of losses due to a fiduciary breach. Consequently, two...