United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

CHERRINGTON v. SKEETER

Civil Rights, Family Law
Individual defendants are entitled to qualified immunity to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims based on the absence of established law finding a...

ARBAN v. WEST PUBL'G CORP.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The record contains evidence to support a jury's finding that an employer's explanation for plaintiff's termination was disingenuous and that the real...

BANKS v. CITY OF WHITEHALL

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
As none of defendants' actions which the plaintiffs complain of occurred within two years of filing of a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 lawsuit, and...

MCADOO v. ELO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
The state court's determination that petitioner knowingly and voluntarily entered his plea was not unreasonable, and petitioner's plea was not...

VROMAN v. BRIGANO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The court will not reconsider the Ohio state courts' determination that petitioner's post-conviction petition was untimely, or apply the federal...

US v. SMITH

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Sentencing
The district court violated Fed R. Crim. P. 32(c)(1) by failing to make factual findings at the time of sentencing regarding whether alleged social...

US v. LOPEZ-ARIAS

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
DEA agents had arrested defendants by the time defendants consented to the search of a motel room, and the arrest was unlawful because the DEA agents...

FIRST HEALTHCARE CORP. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Substantial evidence supported the NLRB's finding that petitioner violated section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act by denying access to...

SALLIER v. BROOKS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a state prisoner's civil rights action, the question of what constitutes "legal mail" is one of law and the district court erred in submitting the...

WALLS v. AMERISURE MUT. INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a claim for insurance coverage from an automobile accident, summary judgment is reversed where the district court failed to address whether...