United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Schreiber v. Moe

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against a police officer, district court's judgment is affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded where: 1)...

Asher v. Unarco Material Handling, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by past and present Wal-Mart employees and their spouses, claiming injuries caused by exposure to carbon monoxide gas in the...

US v. Utesch

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss his indictment for violating the Adam Walsh Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of...

In re McNulty

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandamus seeking victim status under the Crime Victims' Rights Act, arising from an underlying proceedings where...

US v. Wilson

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution of defendant for wire fraud and for aiding and abetting false statements on another individual's tax returns, district court's...

Miles Farm Supply, LLC v. Helena Chem. Co.

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's action for tortious interference alleging that defendant aided and abetted a breach of fiduciary duty by three of its employees,...

Bessemer & Lake Erie R.R. Co. v. Seaway Marine Transp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an admiralty action seeking recovery of repair costs and lost profits against a cargo ship after it struck a land-based coal-loading machine...

V&M Star, LP v. Centimark Corp.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In an action claiming diversity jurisdiction, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is remanded with instructions to...

Wright-Hines v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law
Denial of plaintiff's claims for supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits is affirmed where: 1) the ALJ noted that a written...

US v. Thorton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Sentence and conviction of defendant for drug and firearm related crimes are affirmed where: 1) defendant's claim that district court erred by...