United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Profit Pet v. Arthur Dogswell, LLC

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Remedies
In a contract dispute between a pet supply manufacturer and its Midwestern sales representative, summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff-sales...

Flanory v. Bonn

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In a pro se prisoner's section 1983 suit against various prison officials and others claiming violation of his Eighth Amendment right, dismissal of...

Export-Import Bank of U.S. v. Advanced Polymer Sci., Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Judgement Enforcement
District court's refusal to set aside the Export-Import Bank of the United States' confession of judgment against the obligor in the amount of...

US v. Lazar

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
In a prosecution of a pediatric doctor for health care fraud and related crimes, district court's grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence...

Gall v. Scroggy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
In defendant's petition for habeas relief seeking an order mandating that the Commonwealth of Kentucky vacate his 1978 murder conviction and sentence...

La Quinta Corp. v. Heartland Properties LLC

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Remedies, Trademark
In an action alleging breach of a hotel franchise agreement and federal trademark infringement, judgment of the district court is affirmed where: 1)...

Reed-Bey v. Pramstaller

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an inmate's section 1983 suit against Michigan prison officials claiming he was denied adequate medical care in violation of his Eighth and...

Fieger v. Corrigan

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In a suit brought by a trial attorney and politician, regarding an ongoing feud with several justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, seeking a...

Hooks v. Sheets

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In habeas proceedings, imposition of the same sentence upon a defendant following a remand for re-sentencing in light of State v. Foster, 845 N.E.2d...

US v. Woods

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's imposition of a sentence of 108 months' imprisonment for a conviction on one count of manufacturing methamphetamine is vacated and...