United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Studabaker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction and sentence for causing the foreign travel of a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity are affirmed...

Parlak 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: 1) in determining that petitioner was...

Lindsay v. Yates

Civil Rights, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action alleging racial discrimination in the sale of real property, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where a prima facie case of...

Brooks v. Rothe

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging a wrongful arrest, dismissal of plaintiff's claims on qualified immunity grounds is affirmed where the...

US v. Elson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an obstruction of justice prosecution, the restitution portion of Defendant's sentence is affirmed, where 1) the district court's application of...

US v. Davis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's firearm possession conviction is affirmed where: 1) a prosecution witness's allegedly hearsay statement was not offered for its truth; and...

US v. Deitz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's drug conviction and sentence are affirmed, where 1) there was sufficient evidence to support defendant's conviction for the narcotics...

Stolaj v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order removing petitioners from the U.S., the petition is denied where: 1) the five-year statute of limitations...

Ottawa Tribe of Okla. v. Logan

Government Law, Indian Law
In an action by an Indian tribe seeking a declaration that the tribe retained the right to fish in a lake without government regulation, summary...

Scott v. Ambani

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging medical negligence by physicians who treated a prisoner, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part where plaintiff's...