United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Haus v. Bechtel Jacobs Co., LLC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA suit brought by an employee seeking to enforce and clarify his rights under four employee benefit plans, a judgment for plaintiff is...

US v. Kathman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for involuntary manslaughter resulting from an automobile accident in a national park that killed his two passengers is affirmed...

Gentek Bldg Prods., Inc. v. The Sherwin-Williams Co.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Remedies
In a suit brought by plaintiff alleging that Sherwin-Williams provided it with a defective coating material for steel and aluminum siding that...

US v. Garner

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for conspiracy to distribute cocaine is vacated and remanded where the district court erred in sentencing defendant to a term of 96 months...

Shields v. Gov't Employees Hosp. Ass'n, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In a declaratory action brought against plaintiff's two insurers involving the proceeds of a third-party tort settlement she received after she...

Jones v. Potter

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by an individual who was allegedly discharged in a discriminatory manner from his post as a torn-mail handler with the United...

Hamilton County Bd. of Comm'rs v. Nat'l Football League

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sports Law
In a suit brought by a county Board of Commissioners against the Cincinnati Bengals, the NFL and its other teams, alleging they violated the federal...

Thompson v. Aramark Sch. Support Servs., Inc.

Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a former food service worker against her employer alleging that she was terminated in violation of the Michigan...

Cone v. Bell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a petition for habeas relief challenging petitioner's conviction and death sentence for bludgeoning two elderly persons to death while...

Saltire Indus., Inc. v. Waller, Landsen, Dortch & Davis, PLLC

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Sanctions
In a bankruptcy company's suit against a law firm for common law fraud arising out of an earlier toxic-tort action in which the law firm represented a...