United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Nader v. Land

Civil Procedure, Elections, Government Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint with prejudice for failure to prosecute is reversed in a dispute involving certification of a party's nominees for...

Hensley v. City of Columbus

Construction, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Water Law
Judgment for defendant in a federal takings claim arising from dewatering activities conducted by defendant-municipality is reversed pursuant to the...

King v. Bobby

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a habeas corpus petition from a conviction on state charges is affirmed over a claim that defendant was unconstitutionally denied his right...

Franklin v. Anderson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Grant of habeas corpus relief on a conviction and death sentence for aggravated burglary and aggravated murder is affirmed where defendant's...

Armstrong v. City of Melvindale

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment in a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 regarding an illegal police search is reversed...

US v. Williams

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is affirmed over the government's claim of sentencing error regarding the...

McQueen v. Beecher Cmty. Sch.

Civil Rights, Education Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 civil rights case brought by a mother whose daughter was fatally shot in school by her...

US v. Tran

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for aiding and abetting another to commit arson is affirmed over defendant's claims of error regarding the denials of motions...

Patel v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
The 1996 amendments to section 212(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, relating to the Attorney General's discretionary power to waive removal...

US v. Gleason

Remedies, Tax Law
Permanent injunction on defendant from selling or promoting his product containing faulty tax advice or from providing services to purchasers of the...