United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. GREGORY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant was entitled to a downward adjustment for acceptance of responsibility, where all of his obstructive conduct predated his indictment, and he...

US v. COLE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Certain of defendant's admissions at the scene of his arrest were properly admitted where he made numerous statements which were not in response to...

CROCKETT v. CUMBERLAND COLLEGE

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
A city co-chief of police was entitled to qualified immunity from an action in civil rights and tort, arising from plaintiff's arrest, where probable...

JAVITCH v. FIRST UNION SECS., INC.

Banking Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
An appointed receiver has asserted claims belonging to receivership entities, and is bound to arbitration agreements to the same extent that those...

LANE v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The district court appropriately denied the state of Tennessee's motion to dismiss an action brought by disabled persons seeking to vindicate their...

NESTER v. ALLEGIANCE HEALTHCARE CORP.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Subject plan documents did not entitle former employees to claimed unpaid transition contributions, thus plaintiffs had not proved claims under ERISA...

US v. GILLIAM

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The district court's enhancement of a sentence by two levels for abuse of a position of trust is affirmed, where defendant worked as a drug counselor...

MARQUETTE GEN. HOSP. v. GOODMAN FOREST INDUS.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
An ERISA plan administrator's determination, that claims for benefits by an employee performing supplemental work arose out of an "occupation or...

THOMPSON v. BELL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Petitioner failed to show that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in his capital trial by his attorneys' failure to present evidence as to...

HOUSEHOLD AUTOMOTIVE FIN. CORP. v. BURDEN

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
The proper interest rate to be applied in a Chapter 13 "cram down" is the current conventional market rate used for similar loans in the region, and...