United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

SUTHERLAND v. MICHIGAN DEP'T OF TREASURY

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment and dismissal of claims in a "reverse" race discrimination case arising from denial of promotions, brought pursuant to Title VII of...

RODGERS v. BANKS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Although the Eleventh Amendment bars a section 1983 plaintiff from seeking money damages for termination from employment at a state mental hospital,...

BOWLING v. PARKER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
After a murder conviction and death penalty, denial of habeas relief is affirmed over claims of improper jury instructions, ineffective assistance of...

E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO. v. OKULEY

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court lacked jurisdiction to review the inventorship of an unissued patent, and summary judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed in an action...

US v. HERBIN

Criminal Law & Procedure
Narcotics agents had an objectively justifiable basis for stopping the car, and circumstances of the stop and detention were within legal limits, thus...

US v. WRIGHT

Criminal Law & Procedure
The district court did not abuse its discretion in 1) holding that an indictment was properly sealed, 2) denying a motion to dismiss the indictment...

GREGG v. TRANSP. WORKERS OF AM. INT'L

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiffs in an ERISA action have raised a genuine issue of material fact as to whether defendants breached their fiduciary duty by abandoning their...

MITCHELL v. CHAPMAN

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Claim preclusion does not bar certain civil rights claims against U.S. Postal Service employees in their official capacities, because of the rule of...

LOCAL 6-0682 INT'L UNION OF PAPER, ALLIED-INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL & ENERGY WORKERS v. NAT'L INDUS. GROUP PENSION PLAN

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
The court declines to infer a federal common law cause of action for negligence in giving advice to a union regarding ERISA plan benefits.

US EX REL. BLEDSOE v. CMTY HEALTH SYS., INC.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Sanctions
An amended complaint failed to set forth dates and names as to various False Claims Act violations, or any particulars as to the incidents of improper...