United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Wagner v. Smith

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In habeas proceedings arising from petitioner's murder conviction, district court's denial of relief is vacated and remanded as three of petitioner's...

Risch v. Royal Oak Police Dep't

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's gender discrimination action under Title VII against the police department, summary judgment for defendants is reversed and remanded as...

Shelby County Health Care Corp. v. Majestic Star Casino, LLC Group Health Benefit Plan

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's case against a benefit plan administrator for denying its claim for benefits under ERISA, district court's judgment is affirmed in part...

Moulton v. US Steel Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a class action lawsuit by the neighbors of a steel mill owned by United States Steel Corporation, district court's approval of a settlement is...

US v. Evans

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for threatening to assault a federal law enforcement officer is affirmed where: 1) the Federal Protective Service (FPS)...

US v. Johnson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for premeditated murder, bank robbery and related crimes is affirmed where: 1) tape recording was properly admitted as...

Segal v. Fifth Third Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Securities Law
District court's dismissal of plaintiff-trust accounts beneficiary's class action against bank and its holding company on state-law claims of breach...

Desmet v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In a consolidated appeal of orders of the United States Tax Court assessing income deficiencies against former business partners engaged in an abusive...

Tr. of the Detroit Carpenters Fringe Benefit Funds v. Indus. Contracting, LLC

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiffs' lawsuit against defendants employers brought under LMRA and ERISA, district court's grant of defendants' motion for summary judgment is...

Abdulahad v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of BIA's decision to uphold an IJ's finding that Syrian petitioner's former marriage to a US citizen was a sham is denied as the...