United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Ctr for Bio-Ethical Reform, Inc. v. City of Springboro

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a civil rights case brought by a pro-life public policy and advocacy group and members thereof arising from a police stop and detention, summary...

Nichols v. Moore

Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Summary judgment for film producer Michael Moore in a defamation suit brought by the brother of one of the Oklahoma City bombers is affirmed over...

Godleski v. FirstEnergy Corp.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case arising from a company's denial of former employee's claim for severance benefits under the company's benefits plan after his...

Taveras v. Taveraz

Civil Procedure, Family Law, International Law
In a dispute between divorced citizens of the Dominican Republic, dismissal of former husband's parental child abduction action brought under the...

Crockett Colleries, Inc. v. Barrett

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An award of black lung benefits to coal mine worker is affirmed where, although the Benefits Review Board erred in finding that petitioners' petition...

Petty v. County of Franklin

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from plaintiff-inmate's injuries in a jail fight and the alleged failure of defendants to protect him or...

Chesher v. Neyer

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action lawsuit against a county, county morgue employees, and a private photographer stemming from an "art project" he did at the morgue in...

Teen Ranch, Inc. v. Udow

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a case involving constitutional and statutory religious discrimination claims brought by a faith-based service provider contracting with a state...

Pollett v. Rinker Materials Corp.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA dispute arising from a denial of disability benefits for an employee, judgment for the plan administrator is affirmed where the employee,...

Roger Miller Music, Inc. v. Sony/ATV Publ'g, LLC

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In a copyright-infringement-and-ownership action against Sony over a renowned country-music singer and songwriter's songs, the court affirms a...