United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Pennington v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case brought by a police officer alleging that, after an altercation at a bar while he was off duty, he was unlawfully required to take the...

In re: McDonald

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder case in which a key witness in the matter later claimed that she provided perjured testimony against petitioner, that the trial prosecutor...

In re: McDonald

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder case in which a key witness in the matter later claimed that she provided perjured testimony against petitioner, that the trial prosecutor...

In re: McDonald

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder case in which a key witness in the matter later claimed that she provided perjured testimony against petitioner, that the trial prosecutor...

US v. Klups

Sentencing
A sixty-month sentence for travel with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity is affirmed where the district court's alternative sentence,...

US v. Gonzales

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction and sentence for possessing with intent to distribute cocaine is affirmed over meritless claims that: 1) the government did not timely...

Uhl v. Komatsu Forklift Co., Ltd.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In a case challenging the validity of an arbitration award where one of the party-selected arbitrators had previously and occasionally served as...

O'Neill v. Coughlan

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a judge's action seeking to enjoin enforcement of three canons of the Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct which he allegedly violated while campaigning...

Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. Erskine

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a suit brought by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) against defendant and his company alleging he misrepresented facts and omitted...

Blackburn v. Oaktree Capital Mgmt., LLC

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Sports Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action seeking damages and declaratory relief in relation to plaintiffs' purchase of membership rights in a golf club, an appeal from an order...