United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Morgan

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Tax Law
In an Equal Protection, Commerce Clause, and Supremacy Clause constitutional challenge to Tennessee's statutory scheme for classifying real and...

Detroit Radiant Prods. v. BSH Home Appliances Corp.

Commercial Law, Contracts
A judgment against defendant-buyer in a breach of contract case involving custom-made stove burners is affirmed where the contract between the parties...

McNamara v. City of Rittman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a case involving a federal takings claim arising from defendant-city's operation of water wells that allegedly caused damage to plaintiffs, summary...

US v. Quinlan

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
The conviction and sentence of a former CEO of a company engaged in mortgage banking for making false statements to the SEC and for conspiring with...

Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Co. v. Dir., Office of Workers Comp. Programs

Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In the context of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, attorney's fees cannot be assessed under 33 U.S.C. section 928(a) when an...

Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania v. Alticor, Inc.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law
In an appeal involving a motion to disqualify a law firm representing defendants, a rehearing is granted for defendants and a prior grant of the...

Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Granholm

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Remedies
In a challenge to a statewide ballot initiative which amended the Michigan Constitution to prohibit discrimination or preferential treatment based on...

US v. Ahmed

Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Defendant's conviction for making false statements, based on written answers he gave about his employment history with the Air Force as part of his...

Young v. Township of Green Oak

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for former employer, a Michigan township, on claims that plaintiff was wrongfully discharged from his position as a police officer is...

Short v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion to vacate his sentence on a drug charge is affirmed where: 1) the district court correctly...