United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

MILLER v. FID. SEC. LIFE INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
Because Ohio Revised Code section 3923.57, placing limits on the reach of pre-existing condition clauses in insurance policies, did not apply to a...

US v. CLARK

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Trial jury could properly accept the testimony of one expert and reject that of another, in finding that defendant was not insane during commission of...

CITY OF FLINT v. LEXINGTON INS. CO.

Civil Rights, Insurance Law
Based on strict construction of coverage and exclusions in a Public Officials and Employees Liability Insurance Policy, an insurer was obligated to...

BARTON v. SUMMERS

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Medicaid recipients with tobacco-related illnesses, seeking to intercept tobacco settlement money due to two States, are barred by the Eleventh...

F.A. WILHELM CONSTR. CO., INC. v. KENTUCKY STATE DIST. COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS

Labor & Employment Law
Where a union sought to persuade secondary employees to boycott the primary employer, an unlawful "secondary boycott" under section 8(b)(4) of the...

US v. HARRIS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Convictions for crack cocaine distribution, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon were supported by sufficient evidence, and no Apprendi...

US v. HOVER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The plain language of U.S.S.G. section 2B5.1(b)(5) does not impose the requirement of knowledge of the origin of counterfeit currency, and defendant...

MX GROUP, INC. v. CITY OF COVINGTON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
City discriminated against a drug treatment center under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act, because of the center's association with drug addicted...

MOORE v. DETROIT SCH. REFORM BD.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Elections
The Michigan School Reform Act 1) is not subject to the requirements of Article 4 of the Michigan Constitution, 2) did not violate section 2 of the...

US v. WALLS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In appeals by two defendants following methamphetamine and firearms convictions, 1) likelihood of spillover of evidence did not mandate severance, 2)...