United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Dixon v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against the Attorney General and the Director of the FBI alleging that plaintiff was denied reinstatement as an FBI Special Agent as a...

Boykin v. Van Buren Township Police Dep't

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action arising from circumstances where plaintiff was mistakenly identified by store employees as having shoplifted and subsequently arrested,...

Caremark, Inc. v. Goetz

Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a declaratory action brought by a pharmaceutical-services company seeking declaration that certain pharmacy-benefit plan restrictions apply to a...

Bowen v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising from a denial of plaintiff's application for disability insurance benefits from the Social Security Administration, a ruling in...

US v. Bridgewater

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A maximum sentence for possession of child pornography and criminal forfeiture is affirmed over a reasonableness challenge as defendant received...

US v. Dixon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for drug- and firearm-related offenses is affirmed over claims that: 1) his attorney misinformed him regarding the maximum...

Hamida v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of Tunisian husband and wife's applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention...

US v. Howse

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is vacated where the district court's failure to find a "clear connection" between the firearm...

Petty v. County of Franklin, Ohio

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case brought by former inmate who sustained serious injury to his jaw during a fight with other inmates, alleging county...

Corrigan v. United States Steel Corp.

Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by former nonunion steel industry employees against defendants claiming entitlement to increased retirement benefits and damages...