United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Eddleman v. McKee

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's orders releasing defendant from prison and barring his reprosecution on the ground that the State took too long to conduct a second...

Lowery v. Jefferson County Bd. of Educ.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Sports Law
In a section 1983 suit brought against a county Board of Education (Board) by the parents of children who were dismissed from a high school football...

Chontos v. Berghuis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In habeas proceedings arising following the imposition of a 40-year maximum sentence and a 225-month minimum for first-degree criminal sexual conduct...

Shaya v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
An Iraqi petitioner's request for review of BIA's denial of his application for asylum and related relief is vacated and remanded as the immigration...

Al-Ghorbani v. Holder

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
Petitioners' request for review of BIA's denial of their application for asylum and related relief from being returned back to Yemen is denied in part...

Playa Marel, P.M., S.A. v. LKS Acquisitions, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' declaratory judgment action claiming that defendants were not entitled to compensation under an alleged contract involving real estate...

Jones v. Byrnes

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against two police officers on behalf of the estate of her husband arising from a high speed chase of...

Friends of Tims Ford v. Tennessee Valley Auth.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law
In plaintiff's suit against the defendant for violations of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) in land development near a reservoir...

Ferro Corp. v. Cookson Group, PLC

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In plaintiff's suit against defendant for breach of its duty to defend and indemnify arising from antitrust lawsuits brought against plaintiff,...

Webb v. Mitchell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In a capital habeas case involving a petitioner convicted of aggravated murder of his son and sentenced to death, denial of the petition is affirmed...