United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

DiCenzi v. Rose

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a vehicular homicide case, dismissal of a habeas petition on the ground that the petition was not timely filed is vacated where a portion of the...

Shields v. Gov't Employees Hosp. Ass'n, Inc.

Contracts, Government Benefits, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff against an insurer in a declaratory action to determine coverage for medical expenses arising out of plaintiff's...

Slaughter v. Parker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a capital murder and robbery case, a grant of a writ of habeas corpus on grounds of ineffective assistance of trial counsel is reversed where,...

Smith v. Continental Cas. Co.

Administrative Law, Banking Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA denial of benefits case, a judgment for defendants upholding a decision of plaintiff's plan administrator which denied her claim for short...

US v. Certain Land

Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a condemnation proceeding, a jury verdict determining the value of two parcels of land owned by defendant is affirmed over its claims that the...

Fortis Corporate Ins. v. Viken Ship Mgmt.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, International Law, International Trade, Transportation
In a maritime shipping case, dismissal of an insurer's case seeking recovery for damages allegedly caused by negligence and breach of bailment...

US v. Guzman

Criminal Law & Procedure
A conviction and sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and for aiding and abetting is affirmed over defendant's claim...

Appoloni v. US

Class Actions, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
Payments made by school districts to public school teachers who relinquished their statutory tenure rights and resigned from their positions upon...

Spencer v. Bouchard

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Summary judgment for defendants, officials within a sheriff's office, on civil rights claims brought by a prisoner under the First, Fourth, Eighth,...

Giles v. Schotten

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
Denial of a petition for habeas relief from a conviction on state counts of felonious sexual penetration and sexual imposition is affirmed over a...