United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Am. Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky v. McCreary County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a highly publicized case involving the display of framed copies of the Ten Commandments in Kentucky county courthouses, judgment of the district...

US v. Hinojosa

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for child pornography related crimes is affirmed where: 1) considering the totality of the circumstances, the district court...

Miller v. Sanilac County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit claiming various constitutional violations against him during a traffic stop and arrest for several traffic...

Wynne v. Renico

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
District court's grant of defendant's petition for habeas relief from his murder conviction and a life sentence is reversed as Fed. Rule 404(b)...

In re: Metro. Gov of Nashville

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Defendants' petition for a writ of mandamus, arising from plaintiffs' racial discrimination suit against their employer, is granted in part, denied in...

White Oak Prop. Dev., LLC v. Washington Township

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Property Law & Real Estate
In a housing developer's suit against a town and its trustees, alleging various claims of constitutional violations, district court's grant of...

Berhane v. Holder

Immigration Law
In an application for asylum and related relief by a citizen and a native of Ethiopia, BIA's affirmance of IJ's denial, on the ground that throwing...

Swanson v. DeSantis

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
In habeas proceedings arising from a conviction for killing a pedestrian while driving under the influence, district court's grant of the petition in...

Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. v. VP Bldg., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In Chapter 11 proceedings, district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's decision disallowing an insurer's petition for administrative...

Gor v. Holder

Immigration Law
A petition for review of a removal order of an Indian citizen, entered on the ground that he is an alien convicted of child abandonment, is dismissed...