United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

HAMILTON v. MYERS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Where the evidence created a genuine issue of fact as to whether the plaintiffs owned submerged land during the relevant time period, summary judgment...

ARNETT v. MYERS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Where the evidence was not such that every reasonable juror would conclude that the defendants met their burden of showing they would have taken the...

US v. YANG

Criminal Law & Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Where the defendants believed the information they conspired and attempted to steal was a trade secret, the fact that the information was not an...

AIKEN v. HACKETT

Constitutional Law
Police officers who could not show that "under a race-neutral policy," they would have received promotions, and who did not allege that promotion...

ABERCROMBIE & FITCH STORES, INC. v. AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a suit between two clothiers, alleging "trade dress" infringement under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, where plaintiff's clothing designs and...

ATAC CORP. v. ARTHUR TREACHER'S, INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where there is no "final decision with respect to an arbitration," the appellate court lacks jurisdiction over an interlocutory appeal to stay the...

US v. APARCO-CENTENO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1995), establishes an exception to Apprendi so that a prior conviction used to enhance a defendant's...

VESTAX SECURITIES CORP. v. MCWOOD

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
Having correctly determined that the current dispute regarding the purchase and sale of securities is between customers and persons associated with...

CICERO v. BORG-WARNER AUTO., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an age discrimination action brought under Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act ("Elliott-Larsen Act") and common law, the district court...

US v. CHILINGIRIAN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's challenges alleging inadequacies in the indictment, inconsistencies in the verdicts, and attacking the Bail Reform Act rejected, and...