United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Husein

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's noncustodial sentence on federal charges relating to her role in a distribution of ecstasy is affirmed over the government's claims that:...

US v. Rice

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Orders suppressing the fruits of a wiretap used in the government's case against defendants for drug-related offenses, and denying a motion for...

Bd. of Educ. of Fayette County v. L.M.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Health Law, Remedies
In a suit brought by a child with a disability within the meaning of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a judgment of the...

Nat'l Parks Conservation Ass'n, Inc. v. Tennessee Valley Auth.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a suit brought by environmental organizations under the Clean Air Act alleging that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) shirked its duty to obtain...

Cooey v. Strickland

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by a prisoner under a sentence of death against the governor of Ohio and a warden challenging the...

Keweenaw Bay Indian Cmty. v. Rising

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Tax Law
In an action brought by an Indian tribe against against a state treasurer and two police officers challenging Michigan's efforts to tax tobacco...

Union Planters Bank, N.A. v. Continental Cas. Co.

Banking Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute over insurance coverage arising when plaintiff-bank suffered a multi-million-dollar loss stemming from a mortgage lender's fraud, summary...

Smith Wholesale Co., Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law
In a case brought by wholesalers, who are also direct distributors for defendant-tobacco company, alleging illegal price discrimination in violation...

US v. Barnwell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Convictions for embezzlement and theft of labor union assets and conspiracy to engage in misappropriation of union assets are reversed where five ex...

Adrian Energy Assocs. v. Michigan Pub. Serv. Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Public Utilities, Remedies
In a case arising from a contractual dispute between small power-producing companies and a Michigan utility over the utility's payments for purchased...