United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Northland Family Planning Clinic, Inc. v. Cox

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
A decision declaring unconstitutional a state law that regulates abortion methods is affirmed where Michigan's law fails to comply with the explicit...

In re: Glance

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A security interest in a debtor's property is a "noncontingent, liquidated, secured debt[]" under section 109(e) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Directv, Inc. v. Treesh

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In an action brought by satellite companies seeking a permanent injunction against provisions recently added to Kentucky's revenue statutes, which...

In re: Nailor

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A motion brought by a federal prisoner for authorization to file a second or successive 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion is denied where: 1) the district...

US v. Eversole

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
When grouping offenses under U.S.S.G. section 3D1.3, the "most serious" offense shall be determined by looking to the offense levels of the competing...

MacDermid v. Discover Fin. Servs.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging that plaintiff's wife, who suffered from a severe form of bipolar disorder, committed suicide as a consequence of Discover's...

Sinkfield v. Brigano

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus from convictions for aggravated robbery, attempted aggravated murder, aggravated murder, and having a...

Preferred Capital, Inc. v. Sarasota Kennel Club, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts
State law, as opposed to federal law, controls the interpretation of a forum selection clause when the clause is raised as the sole basis for personal...

US v. Gardner

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In the context of the crime of aiding and abetting a felon in the possession of a firearm, in order for aiding-and-abetting liability to attach under...

US v. Johnson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's convictions and sentences for distributing cocaine and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon are affirmed in part but vacated as...