United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Karimijanaki v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order removing Petitioner from the U.S., the petition is denied where sufficient evidence supported the BIA's...

US v. Acierno

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for using a facility of interstate commerce with the intent that a murder be committed in consideration for payment of money...

Hunter v. Valley View Local Schs.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendant-employer impermissibly considered plaintiff's use of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave in deciding to...

US v. Brown

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's child pornography sentence is affirmed where, applying a "limited context" test that permits consideration of the context in which the...

Briscoe v. Preferred Health Plan, Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action claiming that defendant-health plan failed to disclose to its client's employees that the client would be unable to fund its future...

In re: Bunn

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an appeal from a bankruptcy court's order setting aside the debtor's mortgage, the order is reversed where, under Ohio law, a recorded mortgage...

US v. Salti

Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an appeal from a dismissal of a petition asserting an interest in a bank account the court had ordered forfeited as a result of the government's...

Bryant v. Comm'r. of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits
In an appeal from a district court's order awarding attorney's fees directly to plaintiffs rather than to their attorneys under the Equal Access to...

In re Professionals Direct Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure
In a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to vacate a discovery order issued by the District Court on the ground that the order required the...

Rice v. Jefferson Pilot Fin. Ins. Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action challenging a denial of plaintiff's application for long-term disability benefits, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where,...