United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Miller v. Admin. Office of the Courts

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
A judgment dismissing a former jury-pool manager's claims against the Administrative Office of the Courts and county officials alleging retaliatory...

DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cox

Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
A declaratory judgment invalidating certain orders and notices under Michigan law relating to recovery of inmates' prison expenses as preempted by...

Duha v. Agrium, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, International Law, International Trade, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint against his employer on grounds of forum non conveniens is vacated where the district court dismissed many of...

Coles v. Granville

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
Dismissal of 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law claims brought against public officials and railroad companies for actions taken relative to...

US v. Mandycz

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
A denaturalization order issued pursuant to a determination that defendant "illegally procured" his naturalization by failing to acknowledge his...

Hollon v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
A termination of payment of child's Supplemental Security Income benefits to plaintiff's son is affirmed over claims that: 1) a district court erred...

Pagan v. Fruchey

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendants, a village and its police chief, on claims arising out of a village ordinance proscribing a resident's ability to...

US v. Morris

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence pursuant to a guilty plea to interstate travel in aid of racketeering is affirmed over defendant's reasonableness challenge to his...

Kolkowski v. Goodrich Corp.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Partial summary judgment for defendant in an action brought by plaintiff against his former employer alleging breach of contract arising from the...

Kelly v. Great Seneca Fin. Corp

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Evidence
An appeal from an order denying defendants, among other things, the defense of absolute witness and advocacy immunity in an action concerning unfair...