United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

In re Howard

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a petition for a writ of mandamus directing the Secretary of Labor to promulgate lower limits for the amount of dust and silica in the air in...

Serrato-Soto v. Holder

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Petitioner's petition for review of the BIA's denial of his application for voluntary departure is denied where Petitioner's prior conviction for...

US v. Flores

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a drug conspiracy prosecution, the denial of Defendant's motion to suppress is affirmed where the police had reasonable suspicion to stop...

QSI Holdings, Inc. v. Alford

Bankruptcy Law, Securities Law
In a fraudulent conveyance action in Bankruptcy Court, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed where 11 U.S.C. section 546(e) is not limited to...

Milholland v. Sumner Cty. Bd. of Educ.

Education Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act action alleging that Plaintiff teacher was transferred between positions based on her arthritis, summary...

Nguyen v. Holder

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order removing Petitioner from the U.S. for committing a "crime of violence," the petition is granted where the...

Harbison v. Little

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action challenging Tennessee's lethal injection protocol under the Eighth Amendment, judgment for Plaintiff is vacated...

Jenkins v. Jenkins

Family Law
In a petition under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction seeking the return of Petitioner's son to her custody...

Hance v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co.

Labor & Employment Law, Military Law, Transportation
In an action under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) claiming that Defendant terminated Plaintiff based on his...

Moldowan v. Warren

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that Defendants fabricated evidence against Plaintiff in a criminal proceeding, summary judgment for...