United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. HAYNES

Criminal Law & Procedure
Exigent circumstances did not support a first vehicle search, and any alleged oral consent to a second vehicle search was not a act of free will...

US v. MIGGINS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In challenges to drug trafficking convictions and sentences, 1) sentence enhancement was proper where defendant possessed a weapon in connection with...

NEW PAR v. CITY OF SAGINAW

Communications Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of a zoning variance for construction of a cellular tower was not supported by substantial evidence, and violated the Telecommunications Act of...

HARGROVE v. BRIGANO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's decision to equitably toll a habeas petition prospectively, under 28 U.S.C. section 2244(d)(1)'s one year limitation period, was...

STEELE v. INDUS. DEV. BD. OF METRO. GOV'T NASHVILLE

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Issuance of tax exempt revenue bonds to a sectarian university, as part of a neutral program to benefit education, including that provided by...

MILL'S PRIDE, INC. v. CONTINENTAL INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Ohio law is applied to the issue of contract interpretation of an insured's duty to provide notice to, cooperate with, and obtain consent to settle...

HILL v. ANDERSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
An unexhausted claim (that mental retardation negates a death sentence), mixed in a habeas petition with claims previously heard in state court, is...

ROUSE v. DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Family Law
The law-of-the-case doctrine does not bar consideration of the validity of a domestic relations order under ERISA. Abstention under Burford v. Sun Oil...

JAMES v. MEOW MEDIA, INC.

Cyberspace Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Media Law
Claims against video game, movie production, and internet content-provider firms, based on their "desensitization" of a high school student who killed...

PAPER, ALLIED-INDUS., CHEM. & ENERGY WORKERS INT'L UNION, LOCAL 5-0550 v. AIR PROD. & CHEM., INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A federal court has jurisdiction over a union's breach of contract claim, a matter primarily of contract interpretation (though potentially...