United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Till

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District judges who imposed sentences during the post-Blakely v. Washington, and pre-United States v. Booker period need not have made explicit...

In re: Bowen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Motion to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied as unnecessary and his petition is transferred to the district court where his...

US v. Isaiah

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of defendant's request for expenses and attorneys' fees arising from her criminal defense and acquittal is affirmed where the district court...

Logan v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Denial of a post-conviction motion for relief regarding an enhanced sentence for arson resulting in death is affirmed over a claim of error that a...

Evans v. Pearson Enter., Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's claims for breach of trust, shareholder oppression, and fraud claims is affirmed regarding challenged business transactions...

Browning v. Dep't of the Army

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Summary judgment for defendant-army on claims of age discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act is affirmed where...

Int'l Union v. Cummins, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff, a labor union, in a labor arbitration dispute involving defendant's funding of a pension plan is affirmed where...

Kottmyer v. Maas

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law
Order denying plaintiffs'-parents motion for leave to amend their complaint and granting defendants' motions to dismiss in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983...

Bangura v. Hansen

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Immigration Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint against agency defendants regarding the denial of certain immigration petitions is affirmed where, although the...

Yolton v. El Paso Tennessee Pipeline Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Preliminary injunction requiring the continued payment of the health care benefits by a defendant to plaintiffs is affirmed where the district court...