United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Courie v. Alcoa Wheel & Forged Prods.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff's employer and a union discriminated against him by settling his union grievance via an agreement that branded...

US v. Warman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's drug conviction and sentence are affirmed where: 1) sufficient evidence independent of hearsay statements showed that defendant was a...

Saginaw Hous. Comm'n v. Bannum, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In two actions by, respectively, a city housing commission and a school district seeking to enjoin plaintiff's construction of a halfway house,...

Alexander v. CareSource

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where Plaintiff failed to submit adequate evidence in the form...

Upshaw v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action claiming that Defendant failed to promote Plaintiff on the basis of her race and sex, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed...

US v. Bogart

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's wire fraud sentence is affirmed, where: 1) the District Court's failure to comply with 18 U.S.C. section 3664(d)(5) did not deprive it of...

Wilson v. Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice action against doctors at a federally funded health care center, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where the Federal...

US v. Angel

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's drug and firearm sentence is affirmed where the district court properly enhanced defendant's sentence pursuant to U.S.S.G. section...

Alhaj v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order removing petitioner-Yemeni native from the U.S., the petition is denied where: 1) the Court of Appeals...