United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Conley

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
An order of the district court requiring defendant to submit to blood sampling for DNA pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 14135a, which was imposed as part...

Lowenbraun v. Canary

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In a suit alleging libel, slander, and related claims brought against defendant, counsel hired by a bankruptcy trustee to investigate certain...

Harvey v. Great Seneca Fin. Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
Dismissal for failure to state a claim of a lawsuit brought under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) against a debt collector, a creditor,...

Hughlett v. Romer-Sensky

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging a violation of plaintiffs' rights to receive child support payments in a timely fashion and without cost as...

Jordan v. Cleveland

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case involving charges of racial discrimination, racial and retaliatory harassment and retaliation in violation of Title VII, a district court's...

Baranski v. Fifteen Unknown Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action filed under Bivens against federal agents involved in a search of a warehouse and a seizure of weapons owned by plaintiff, a judgment for...

US v. Mickens

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for possession of counterfeit devices and counterfeit-device-making equipment is affirmed where the district court's loss calculation was...

US v. Hernandez-Fierros

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
A sentence for being an alien who was knowingly and voluntarily in the U.S. after having been previously removed subsequent to a conviction for an...

GMC v. Ossa-Gallegos

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
A foreign national's sentence for illegally reentering the U.S. after having been previously removed because he had committed an aggravated felony is...

General Motors Corp. v. Keystone Auto. Indus., Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Transportation
Summary judgment for defendants on the issue of "likelihood of confusion" in a suit for trademark infringement and unfair competition is reversed...