United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. CAMPBELL

Criminal Law & Procedure
Evidence that stolen property was purchased at specific address provided by confidential informant is sufficient to corroborate informant's tip that...

CHAPMAN v. THE HIGHBEE CO.

Civil Rights
The equal benefit clause under 42 USC 1981 does not provide a cause of action against a private party.

GUEST v. LEIS

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law
Government officials have Eleventh Amendment immunity from liability for seizure of materials commingled on a criminal suspect's computer with...

QUINTERO v. BELL

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A jury is not fair and impartial under the Sixth Amendment when seven of its members had previously sat on a jury that convicted defendant's...

EDWARDS v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTH.

Indian Law
Determining appropriate safety measures regarding the public's access to the waters around a dam is within the discretion of the Tennessee Valley...

ONIFFER v. TYSZKIEWICZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Although some circumstances of re-sentencing may implicate due process rights of prisoners because of the expectation of finality of judgments, in...

DARRAH v. CITY OF OAK PARK

Civil Rights
Defendant police officer did not act unreasonably or use excessive force in striking plaintiff in the face after she grabbed him from behind in an...

US v. HARRIS

Criminal Law & Procedure
Police officers executing a valid search warrant in aprivate residence do not need to knock on interior doors or announce their presence before...

WATKINS & SON PET SUPPLIES v. THE IAMS CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts
Under Ohio law, distributorship contracts are sales contracts and fraud in the inducement exception to parol evidence rules does not apply where...

DOE v. BOWLES

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
Appellate courts lack jurisdiction to review denial of a motion for summary judgment on the grounds of qualified immunity where defendants refuse to...