United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Kline v. Gulf Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
A judgment holding that an insurance company was not liable, beyond the terms of its original insurance contract with a trucking company, for an...

Perez v. Oakland County

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case claiming that defendants violated his son's Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment by...

US v. Duckro

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for theft of firearms and use of firearms in connection with a drug transaction is reversed and remanded where the district court...

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

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law
Plaintiffs-insurers' motion to disqualify a law firm representing defendants is granted where the firm must suffer imputed disqualification under...

US v. Carter

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for illegal possession of the receiver of a machine gun and various other parts -designed and intended for use in converting a weapon...

McCarthy v. Middle Tennessee Elec. Membership Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
Dismissal of claims brought against electric cooperatives and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) arising from the cooperatives' failure to...

US v. Turner

Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections
A conviction on mail fraud charges arising from defendant's involvement in two Kentucky state elections is affirmed where defendant's conduct, as...

Bli v. USA Farm Serv. Agency

Agriculture, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
An appeal arising from a bankruptcy matter is dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction where appellant-debtor's Federal Rule of Civil...

Deja Vu of Nashville, Inc. v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Remedies
An order dissolving an injunction, which had enjoined the enforcement of a Nashville ordinance requiring "sexually oriented" businesses to obtain...

Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Mohn

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Sanctions, Securities Law
An order granting the SEC's application for enforcement of an order affirming sanctions levied against an investment broker and dealer by the National...