United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Nichols

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
The search-incident-to-arrest authority permits an officer to search a glove box, whether open or closed, locked or unlocked. A conviction for being a...

Am. Zurich Ins. Co. v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In an action involving coverage for product liability claims against defendant-tire company, dismissal of third-party complaint filed by an defendant...

US v. Peters

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence imposed on remand for offenses arising out of a tax fraud scheme is reversed and remanded for re-sentencing where the district court's...

Wilkins v. Timmerman-Cooper

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where it was not objectively unreasonable for a state court of appeals to find that...

Harris v. Bornhorst

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit raising claims under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983, and for state law malicious prosecution,...

Ziegler v. Aukerman

Civil Rights, Health Law
In a civil rights action filed under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, summary judgment for defendant-police officer is affirmed where, although the district...

US v. Sexton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendants' sentences for offenses stemming from the distribution of cocaine, imposed on a remand pursuant to Booker, are affirmed over meritless...

Schultz v. Gen. R.V. Ctr.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Transportation
In an action alleging that plaintiffs' new R.V. was defective in violation of federal and state consumer laws, defendant's motion to dismiss...

US v. Bailey

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction and sentence for drug- and firearm-related offenses are affirmed over claims that: 1) a prior Kentucky state court conviction...

Lulaj v. Wackenhut Corp.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Denial of employer's motion for renewed judgment as a matter of law, or a new trial, following a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff on a claim of sex...