United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Leisure Caviar, LLC v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Government Law, International Trade
In plaintiff's suit against the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and two of its employees in their official capacities, claiming that the...

Wimbush v. Wyeth

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiff's suit against a diet pill manufacturer claiming strict liability and common law negligence, judgment of the district court is affirmed...

McKenna v. Honsowetz

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against two police officers who responded to a 911 report that plaintiff was having a medical seizure and...

US v. Corsmeier

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for conspiracy to commit bank, wire and mail fraud, money laundering and other crimes is reversed and remanded as, whatever...

Szekeres v. CSX Transp. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's action against his employer under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) and the Locomotive Inspection Act (LIA), district court's...

US v. Webb

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for producing counterfeit bills and using the bills to purchase merchandise at several businesses, district court's...

US v. Vasquez-Martinez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution of defendant for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of that crime, district court's...

Int'l Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO, Local Lodge 1943 v. AK Steel Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a union's action against a steel company, pursuant to section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, seeking an order to compel the company to...

US v. Bowers

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for conspiracy to posses, with intent to distribute, five kilograms or more of powder cocaine and fifty grams or more of...

US v. Walker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
District court's conviction of defendant for bank robbery and brandishing a firearm, and a sentence of 277 months and one day in prison are affirmed...