United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. White

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
In a criminal case arising from a complex scheme to defraud Medicare by violating the Medicare "related party" rule, defendants' convictions are...

In re: Barrett

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Education Law, Health Law
An order discharging Chapter 7 bankruptcy debtor's student loan debts on the basis of "undue hardship" pursuant to 11 U.S.C. section 523(a) is...

Wisecarver v. Moore

Civil Procedure
Dismissing of plaintiffs' complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction based on the probate exception to federal diversity jurisdiction is...

US v. Hunt

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for fraudulent use of a social security number and one count of establishment of a controlled substances distribution operation, imposed...

River City Capital, L.P. v. Bd. of County Comm'rs, Clermont County, Ohio

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
State exhaustion is required, regardless of the nature of the taking, before a plaintiff in Ohio may proceed in federal court based on an alleged...

Lane v. City of LaFollette

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by a city's former recreational director against defendants, mayor and officials, arising from plaintiff's...

US v. Jones

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for drug and firearms offenses is vacated and remanded where: 1) the length of defendant's two terms of supervised release for his two...

TransAmerica Assurance Corp. v. Settlement Capital Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The doctrine of federal sovereign immunity deprives a state court of jurisdiction to approve a transfer of structured-settlement payment rights where...

Garza-Moreno v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
8 U.S.C. section 1252 does not strip the court of appeals of jurisdiction to review the denial of an administrative closure. A petition for review of...

Fox v. DeSoto

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Transportation
In an action brought against defendants, an officer and a regional airport authority, arising from plaintiff's arrest and subsequent prosecution for...