United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

BEJJANI v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

Immigration Law
Section 241(a)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 USC 1231(a)(5), does not apply retroactively to reinstate prior orders of removal of...

FOX v. COYLE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Under Ohio Revised Code 2929.04, a court may consider whether planning and violence of the crime were used to determine the absence of mitigating...

SKRJANK v. GREAT LAKES POWER SERV. CO.

Labor & Employment Law
The Family Medical Leave Act, 29 USC 2601-2654, applies to employee who remained out of work for nine months following his discharge since he may have...

BAILEY v. MITCHELL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Prosecution may introduce video depositions of witnesses without showing their unavailability where defendant stipulated to them and his counsel...

RE/MAX INT'L, INC. v. REALTY ONE, INC.

Civil Procedure
Courts do not need to expressly retain jurisdiction in settlement agreements in order to have jurisdiction to enforce them. The agreement need only...

COCKREL v. SHELBY COUNTY SCH. DIST.

Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Public school teacher's decision to invite guest speaker to talk about industrial hemp constituted free speech that touched on a matter of public...

VALENTINE v. FRANCIS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A state petition for post-conviction or other collateral review that does not address one or more of the grounds of the federal habeas petition does...

MOORE v. CITY OF HARRIMAN

Civil Rights
Failure to explicitly state in civil rights complaint that state officers are being sued in their individual capacities may still provide sufficient...

SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPAWA INDIANS v. ENGLER

Indian Law
Payment obligation under Indian gaming compact that required tribes to pay state until it lost the "exclusive right to operate" in the state ends when...

IN RE FEDERATED DEP'T STORES, INC.

Bankruptcy Law
Under 11 USC 507(a)(8)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code, a tax is "assessed" on the date the entity is made liable for it, and does not depend on the tax...