United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

POUILLON v. LITTLE

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
A jury award in favor of plaintiff for nominal damages does not support an award of attorney's fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1988, and an...

BUKOWSKI v. CITY OF AKRON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Plaintiffs seeking to hold government officials responsible for acts of private violence have not made out a constitutional violation against city...

US v. MORAN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The district court's reduction of a sentence under Fed. R. Crim. P. 35(b) is a "sentence" such that 18 U.S.C. section 3742(a) applies, thus the...

INTERACTIVE PRODS. CORP. v. A2Z MOBILE OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC.

Cyberspace Law, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Plaintiff has not presented any evidence that presence of a trademark name in the post-domain path of defendant's web page is likely to cause consumer...

HANSMANN v. FID. INV. INSTITUTIONAL SERVS. CO.

ERISA, Family Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Relevant acts in an action for proceeds of an employer-sponsored stock investment plan occurred before the effective date of ERISA, and Mich. Comp....

HUTCHERSON v. LAUDERDALE COUNTY

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Claims stemming from a commercial landfill operator's efforts to win approval for a proposed landfill expansion are barred under the doctrine of res...

BOWERS v. CITY OF FLINT

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
A procedural due process suit by users of a city water and sewer system was not ripe where they failed to avail themselves of procedures in place for...

ROBERTS v. GALEN OF VIRGINIA, INC.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In a suit alleging improper transfer of a patient, district judge conducted an adequate investigation after a Batson claim, and alleged expert witness...

PERRY v. THE AM. TOBACCO CO., INC.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Health insurance subscribers who allege that an insurer has passed along to them increased costs of treating smoking-related injuries, in the form of...

LEE v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Labor & Employment Law
A union policy of charging a reentry fee, equal to unpaid dues, to any former members who resigned but continued to perform bargaining-unit work does...