United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

MI PORK PRODUCERS ASSOC., INC. v. VENEMAN

Constitutional Law
The district court properly struck down the Pork Act, 7 U.S.C. section 4801, and the Pork Promotion Order issued thereunder, where plaintiffs have...

COMTY. HEALTH PLAN OF OHIO v. MOSSER

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Remedies
In an action arising from efforts by plaintiff insurance company to enforce its plan's subrogation provision, the district court's grant of summary...

THE ANTIOCH CO. v. WESTERN TRIMMING CORP.

Intellectual Property, Trade Dress
In a trade dress infringement action, summary judgment to defendant is affirmed where the court properly applied the traditional rule for assessing...

MCDONALD v. WESTERN-SOUTHERN LIFE INS. CO.

ERISA
The district court's conclusion, that defendant's decision to terminate plaintiff's long term disability benefits violated ERISA and its order for...

AEROQUIP-VICKERS, INC. v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Tax Law
The Tax Court's decision that plaintiff had no recapture obligations is overturned where 1) the underlying rationale of Revenue Ruling 82-20 is valid...

US v. JACKSON

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for one count of post office robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 2115, is affirmed where the court did not error by 1) overruling...

HUDSON v. COLEMAN

Civil Procedure, Government Law
A district court order granting a city's motion to quash is affirmed where the court properly found that there were no factually intertwined issues to...

CAVIN v. HONDA OF AM. MANUF., INC.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a wrongful-discharge action, the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's wrongful-discharge claim was affirmed and the defendant's grant of...

LE-AX WATER DIST. v. CITY OF ATHENS

Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a case alleging that a proposed water supply arrangement violated 7 U.S.C. section 1926(b), the district court's denial of summary judgment to the...

JOHN HANCOCK FIN. SERV., INC. v. OLD KENT BANK

Banking Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
In a case involving claims of common law conversion, UCC statutory conversion, and negligence, 1) the district court properly declined to apply UCC...