United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Grizzell v. City of Columbus Div. of Police

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants, a police division and chief, on officers' claim that they were denied promotions on account of race and gender is...

Smoak v. Hall

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of qualified immunity to defendants, troopers and dispatchers, in a civil rights suit arising from a mistaken "felony stop" of plaintiffs'...

US v. Lawson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained from a search of her luggage upon her arrival on an international flight at an airport is...

US v. Gates

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Sentences entered pursuant to guilty pleas to charges arising from defendants' involvement in a counterfeit check cashing scheme are affirmed over...

Knology, Inc. v. Insight Communications Co., L.P.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Government Law, Remedies
In a dispute between cable television service providers, denial of defendant's motion for costs based on the district court's granting of plaintiff's...

Temp-Masters, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
An order of the National Labor Relations Board finding that an employer violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by transferring four of its...

US v. Philp

Criminal Law & Procedure
Breaking and entering of an unoccupied dwelling is a specified felony under Michigan state law, which requires that a person apply for the right to...

Meijer, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
Where an activity can be either conduct protected by the National Labor Relations Act or conduct that may be prohibited by an employer, depending upon...

Bates v. Township of Van Buren

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Government Law
Dismissal of a topless dancer's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action challenging a town ordinance that prohibited nudity at "any establishment licensed or...

Daffin v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Product Liability, Transportation
In a suit seeking damages for a defective throttle body assembly that caused the accelerator to stick, certification of a class of all 1999 or 2000...