United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Lane

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for wire fraud is affirmed where the sentencing procedure used by the sentencing judge was consistent both with US v. Williams, 411 F.3d...

US v. Bolds

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A 24-month sentence imposed following revocation of defendant's four-year term of supervised release is affirmed over a claim that the district court...

Eidson v. Tennessee

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Family Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from the temporary removal of plaintiff's minor daughters by state agencies after one of his daughters...

US v. Stout

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for receipt and possession of sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence is...

US v. Richardson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where the district court did not err in applying a four-level enhancement under...

Pascual v. Mukasey

Immigration Law
Mayan Guatemalan's petition for review of a decision denying him asylum is denied where petitioner failed to establish past persecution on account of...

Vincent v. Brewer Co.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit alleging that plaintiff's employer discharged her on account of her gender, summary judgment for the employer is reversed where:...

Shkulaku-Purballori v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
A BIA decision denying Albanian petitioner's request for asylum and related relief is dismissed in part and affirmed in part where: 1) the circuit...

Beattie v. CenturyTel, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a class action alleging that defendant-telecommunications service provider violated federal and state law by using deceptive billing practices to...

Gonter v. Hunt Valve Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Military Law
In an appeal of an attorney's fees award under the False Claims Act, arising from a dispute between a law firm that represented qui tam plaintiffs and...