United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Oaks

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act for possession of a firearm by a felon is remanded for determination of the type of facility and level of...

Hyundai Translead, Inc. v. Jackson Truck & Trailer Repair, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In a bankruptcy action concerning the derivative standing of a party seeking to recover funds that it alleges were fraudulently transferred from...

McMillan v. LTV Steel, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court judgment upholding the bankruptcy court's denial of a claim seeking administrative expense priority status for amounts allegedly owed...

US v. Hawkins

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence as a career offender for conspiracy to distribute and possession of crack cocaine is affirmed where the Sentencing Commission's...

Commerce Energy, Inc. v. Levin

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Oil and Gas Law, Tax Law
In a suit claiming that Ohio's tax scheme for natural gas distributors violates the Commerce and Equal Protection Clauses, dismissal for lack of...

US v. Woods

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Tax Law
Conviction and sentence for conspiracy to commit money laundering and willful failure to file income tax returns are affirmed where the district court...

US v. Rutherford

Constitutional Law, Evidence, Tax Law
In a prosecution for numerous tax violations and conspiracy to defraud investigators from the Internal Revenue Service, suppression of statements and...

Adkins v. Wolever

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Sanctions
In suit against a guard at a correctional facility alleging that defendant assaulted plaintiff in his cell and caused serious injuries, a denial of...

US v. Cundiff

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Water Law
In a suit by the United States against property owners alleging violation of the Clean Water Act through the defendants' modifications of wetlands,...

Langley v. Prudential Mortgage Capital Co., LLC

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute concerning two sizeable real estate loans, petition for rehearing is denied where the district court's analysis of the invalidity of the...