United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. .SMITH

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Convictions and sentences for conspiracy to commit bank robbery, money laundering, and firearms offenses are affirmed where 1) evidence showed the...

LAWRENCE v. INT'L BHD. OF TEAMSTERS

Civil Procedure
Denial of a request for relief from judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) is affirmed, because the "unique circumstances" doctrine does not apply...

TRZEBUCKOWSKI v. CITY OF CLEVELAND

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal of a city ordinance unconstitutionally applied to plaintiff and his business, because related charges against plaintiff were dismissed,...

MARTIN v. PEREZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Petitioner has satisfied the requirements of the 28 U.S.C. section 2255 savings clause, and he was entitled to a hearing under section 2241.

SHARPE v. CURETON

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The continuing violation doctrine does not apply to firefighters' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims for retaliatory transfer. A Fair Labor Standards Act...

FEATHERS v. AEY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Police officers were entitled to qualified immunity protection with respect to both their initial seizure of plaintiff and his subsequent arrest, in...

CHAPMAN v. THE HIGBEE CO.

Civil Rights
42 U.S.C. section 1981 protects against impairment of its equal benefit clause by private discrimination, and genuine issues of fact exist in a...

MEAD CORP. v. ABB POWER GENERATION, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts
Plaintiffs stated a cause of action for breach of contract under Ohio law, because the parties did not include language in the contract indicating...

US v. WADE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Though quantity of drugs for which defendant was sentenced had not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt, Apprendi does not apply to mandatory...

MATTHEWS v. ABRAMAJTYS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a motion to dismiss a 28 U.S.C. section 2254 petition based on laches was correct, where the state relied primarily on the extensive passage...