United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

N.E v. HEDGES

Constitutional Law, Family Law
Plaintiff's suit, claiming that the Kentucky statutes requiring a natural father to pay child support for a child born out of wedlock violate the...

HARPER v. AUTOALLIANCE INT'L. INC.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a retaliatory discharge action, denial of plaintiff's motion to remand the case to state court is affirmed where plaintiff's claims are removable...

DIXON v. ASHCROFT

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim for retaliation under Title VII is reversed where the district court erred in its determination that plaintiff had...

DEAL v. HAMILTON COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Juvenile Law
In a suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), alleging defendant failed to provide a "free and appropriate public...

FIDEL v. FARLEY

Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action, dismissal of plaintiffs' claim against defendant-Ernst & Young is affirmed where plaintiffs failed to allege facts...

DAVIS v. INT'L UNION

Constitutional Law, Elections, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's claim, alleging that defendant-employer illegally discriminated against him by setting aside his reelection as a regional officer, is...

CSEKINEK v. INS

Immigration Law
An Immigration Judge's finding that plaintiff is removable pursuant to 8 U.S.C. section 1227(a)(2)(E)(I), based on a prior domestic violence...

ALLEY v. BELL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's stay of execution is vacated where the district court lacked jurisdiction over defendant's amended motion since it is equivalent to a...

IN RE: CARDIZEM CD ANITTRUST LITIG.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
The district court's imposition of an appeal bond on plaintiff, for her objections to a proposed settlement in an antitrust class action suit, is...

MARTIN v. PEREZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where he is not innocent of the federal crime of arson since the property he...