United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Keweenaw Bay Indian Cmty. v. Naftaly

Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff, an American Indian tribe, entering a declaratory judgment that the Michigan General Property Tax Act was not valid as...

Brown v. US

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Professional Malpractice
Dismissal of a Federal Tort Claims Act suit brought by the family of a former U.S. Army serviceman, who transmitted to them a disease he contracted...

Tanner v. County of Lenawee

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from injuries sustained by plaintiffs involving a domestic dispute is...

Max Arnold & Sons, LLC v. W.L. Hailey & Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence, Oil and Gas Law
In a dispute involving an alleged breach of a warranty agreement between the parties, grant of plaintiff's motion for summary judgment is reversed...

Adair v. Charter County of Wayne

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit brought by certain airport officers under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...

Davet v. City of Cleveland

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit alleging that a partial demolition of plaintiff's building violated the Takings, Due Process and Equal...

Singh v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petitions for review of a denial of requests for discretionary relief and orders of removal are granted in part as to one petition where a decision by...

McCormick v. Braverman

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection, Elder Law, Family Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Dismissal of plaintiffs' cases against defendants involving their allegedly illegal interference with her ownership of property is affirmed where the...

US v. Matheny

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and drug-related offenses is affirmed where: 1) defendant received sufficient notice of...

Bell v. Konteh

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
Dismissal of plaintiff's civil rights action against officials of a correctional institution is reversed in part with respect to the dismissal of a...