United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Jones v. Caruso

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
In a First Amendment challenge to a prison policy prohibiting the receipt of certain Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) materials by prisoners, a...

El-Moussa v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of Petitioner's asylum application, the petition is denied where: 1) the Court of Appeals lacked...

Zhao v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petitioner's petition for review of the denial of his application for withholding of removal is denied, where there was substantial evidence...

In re Simons

Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action seeking a writ of mandamus under the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA) requiring the unsealing of the record in a criminal case, the writ...

H.D.V.-Greektown, LLC v. Detroit

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a First Amendment challenge to a city's adult business zoning ordinances, the District Court's order granting partial summary judgment to both...

Boggs v. Comm'r. of Int'l. Rev.

Tax Law
In a Tax Court petition for redetermination of Petitioners' tax deficiency and negligence penalty, the denial of the petition is affirmed where the...

US v. Grant

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Drug distribution sentence is vacated where the District Court erred in holding that the only factor it could consider was Defendant's substantial...

US v. May

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Tax Law
Defendant's tax evasion sentence is vacated, where: 1) the IRS was the victim of Defendant's underpayment of his business's income taxes; 2) Defendant...

Rosencrantz v. Lafler

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a sexual assault matter, the denial of Petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where, even assuming the prosecution potentially violated...

Northup Props., Inc. v. Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C.

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In an action seeking a declaration that an oil and gas lease was void, judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where the plain language of the lease...