United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Puckett

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of defendant's motion to suppress is affirmed over his claim that his traffic stop was illegal for lack of probable cause.

Harris v. US

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act is affirmed where a reasonable factfinder could fairly conclude that plaintiff has...

Davis v. Straub

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's habeas petition is reversed where the trial court's decision to sustain a crucial defense witness's blanket invocation of his...

State Farm v. McGowan

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Plaintiff-insurer is obligated to defend defendant in a personal injury action where the district court did not err in concluding that defendant's...

US v. Carr

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's due process rights were not violated, and he was not denied the right of allocution, when the district court issued an amended sentencing...

Deja Vu v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit for attorney's fees, defendant-City's permanent enjoinment from enforcing its ordinance is a legally sanctioned change in the relationship...

Hertzel v. Educ. Credit Mgmt. Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Education Law
The bankruptcy court properly granted plaintiff-debtor a discharge of her student loans where excepting the loan from discharge would impose an undue...

Schilling v. Heavrin

Bankruptcy Law, Insurance Law
The bankruptcy court properly concluded that plaintiff could avoid the fraudulent transfer of a life insurance policy and recover the value of the...

Estate of Riddle v. S. Farm Bureau Life Ins. Co.

Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute, a jury verdict finding that defendant-insurance company had reviewed decedent's life insurance policy in bad faith...

Wu v. T.W. Wang, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit for false-light invasion of privacy, the district court abused its discretion in dismissing plaintiff's complaint for failure to prosecute.