United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

City of Cleveland v., Ameriquest Mortgage Sec., Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
In City of Cleveland's public nuisance suit against twenty-two financial entities, claiming that defendants are responsible for a large portion of the...

Paige v. Coyner

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's section 1983 suit against a county official and two county entities, claiming that defendants retaliated against her by calling for...

US v. Hameed

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and for being a felon in possession of a firearm,...

US v. Horn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In proceedings arising from defendant's motion for resentencing based on Guidelines Amendment 709, arguing that he was not a career offender under the...

In re Siggers

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's request for authorization to file a second/successive habeas relief from his first-degree murder conviction is denied as, considering the...

US v. Al-Cholan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in violation of 18 U.S.C. section...

Awkai v. Mitchell

Constitutional Law, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus from his conviction for aggravated murder of his wife and brother-in-law...

US v. Street

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution of defendant for conspiring to possess and distribute methamphetamine and related crimes, district court's affirmance of the...

In re: Darrohn

Bankruptcy Law
In Chapter 13 proceedings, bankruptcy court's calculation of the debtors' projected disposable income in approving the proposed plan is reversed and...

Merritt v. Int'l Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In a labor suit brought by Northwest Airlines Quality Service Agents (QSAs) against a labor organization and others, claiming that between 2000 and...