United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Fed. Ins. Co. v. Hartford Steam

Insurance Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, seeking equitable subrogation on an insurance settlement, is reversed where defendant is liable for coverage under its...

Owensby v. City of Cincinnati

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983, denial of qualified immunity to defendant-police officers is affirmed where the...

Jones v. Jamrog

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is reversed where he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to represent himself at...

Johnson v. Long John Silver's

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that defendant violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, the district court properly concluded that plaintiff was bound by an...

US v. Settle

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where the district court did not err in finding that defendant-s...

In Re: Made in Detroit, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiff-debtor's appeal of the bankruptcy court's decision confirming a Liquidation Plan of Reorganization is statutorily moot since the property at...

Pollard v. E.E. DuPont

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful discharge case, the district court did not err in concluding that defendant was liable for the tort of intentional infliction of...

Schroder v. City of Fort Thomas

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiffs' section 1983 claim, alleging that defendant-City violated their due process rights by failing to act upon their request to lower the speed...

US v. Grenoble

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for a wire fraud conviction is vacated and remanded pursuant to US v. Booker, 125 S.Ct. 738 (2005).

Wyser-Pratte Mgmt. Co. v. Telxon Corp.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's fraud claims, alleging that defendants engaged in a deceptive scheme to inflate financial results, is affirmed where the...