United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Gooch v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of Am.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In an appeal arising from an action brought by an insured alleging breach of the insurance contract involving how defendant-insurer administers...

Arias v. Hudson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
An order conditionally granting habeas relief to a defendant convicted of rape and related crimes and sentenced to an indeterminate sentence with a...

US v. Novales

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's imposition of 100 months' imprisonment on a defendant convicted pursuant to a guilty plea to conspiracy to possess with intent to...

Davis v. Booker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
District court's issuance of the writ of habeas corpus for a defendant claiming that the key witness in his murder trial was the shooter who killed...

US v. Archibald

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
District court's order denying defendant's motion to suppress the firearm evidence obtained during a search of his residence conducted pursuant to a...

Monroe Retail, Inc. v. RBS Citizens, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Debt Collection, Government Law
In plaintiff-garnishors' suit against defendant-banks for conversion alleging that defendants unlawfully used garnished funds to satisfy service fees...

Kentucky Speedway, LLC v. Nat'l Ass'n of Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Government Law, Sports Law
In an action against NASCAR and an affiliated company that owns multiple racetracks, alleging violation of federal antitrust laws by not sanctioning a...

Nolan v. Memphis City Sch.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a high school student's civil rights action against his school, high school basketball coaches, and others alleging that defendants violated his...

Spears v. Ruth

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by the family of an individual who died eleven months after being in police custody for public intoxication, denial of a summary...

CMACO Auto. Sys., Inc. v. Wanxiang America Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a California corporation's diversity suit against a Kentucky corporation with its principal place of business in Illinois, alleging breach of...