United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

ISHIKAWA GASKET AM., INC. v. NLRB

Labor & Employment Law
Substantial evidence supports defendant's finding that plaintiff's anti-union animus motivated its decision to reduce employee bonuses. Plaintiff has...

BELL v. US

Corp. Governance, Tax Law
Decedent's voluntary commencement of a contractual relationship with a bank that limited but did not deprive him of his ability to pay trust fund...

UNITED RENTALS (N. AM.), INC. v. KEIZER

Commercial Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant did not violate the non-compete provisions of his employment agreement with plaintiff. For a competing business to "operate" in a proscribed...

TERRY v. LAGROIS

Government Law, Insurance Law
District court properly found plaintiff to be the sole beneficiary of a life insurance policy issued under the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance...

MATTIS v. MASSMAN

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's two state-law tort claims implicate the collective bargaining agreement governing his employment, and are thus preempted by section 301 of...

COMBS v. INT'L INS. CO.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In New York in 1986, defendant anticipatorily repudiated the Directors and Officers liability policy issued to decedent's horse farm. Because...

HIDROFILTROS, DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. v. REXAIR, INC.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Although the settlement agreement between the two parties, arising from a prior trademark dispute, gives exclusive jurisdiction to the district court...

PERRY v. JAGUAR OF TROY

Family Law, Labor & Employment Law
Former employee unsuccessfully appeals a district court determination that his leave of absence was not covered by the Family Medical Leave Act. His...

DENNIS v. MITCHELL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court properly dismissed the habeas petition of a prisoner sentenced to death for aggravated murder.

HAMBLIN v. MITCHELL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Habeas Corpus
Counsel's representation at the penalty stage of a death penalty case fell far short of prevailing standards of effective assistance of counsel. Total...