United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

HOUSE v. BELL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A habeas petitioner is chargeable with his attorney's failure to timely assert a claim, and with the consequences of failing to do so; thus,...

US v. WARE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
For sentencing purposes, attributing the defendant with a loss of $26,717, the total amount paid on false claims made under 12 hospital indemnity...

FRENCH v. JONES

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A defendant, whose lawyer was not present when the trial judge gave a supplemental instruction to a deadlocked jury, was denied counsel during a...

US v. FITCH

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A material ambiguity in the plea agreement, which the government could have taken steps to avoid, required the court to construe the agreement...

NEOGEN CORP. v. NEO GEN SCREENING, INC.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
A plaintiff presents a prima facie case that limited jurisdiction exists over a defendant under Michigan's long-arm statute where the plaintiff...

US v. GRIFFIS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Where the defendant committed three armed robberies and used a firearm in each of those robberies, six separate crimes occurred, and the brandishing...

WALTER v. PRUZINSKY

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Where there was a discrepancy between an order entered by the bankruptcy court and the court's stated intent regarding how the order should read,...

US v. CANESTRARO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Where a general consultancy fee and a "success fee" were designated separately in a payment agreement, and were subject to different conditions of...

BURROUGHS v. MAKOWSKI

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The Michigan Court of Appeals and Supreme Court's statements that the defendant was not entitled to relief under M.C.R. 6.508(D) sufficiently...

US v. LUCAS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Because the government presented no evidence regarding ownership of gun or of the car in which it was found, and did not lift any fingerprints from...