United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Landrum v. Mitchell

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
District court's grant of defendant's petition for habeas relief on the basis of guilt-phase ineffective assistance of counsel is reversed where: 1)...

US v. Peebles

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's imposition of a ten-month sentence upon a defendant for violating the conditions of her supervised release is vacated and remanded...

Jones v. Muskegon County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In deceased inmate's father's action raising a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim and state law claims for gross negligence and intentional infliction of...

US v. Watkins

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine, district court's denial of a sentence reduction...

Bates v. Dura Auto. Sys., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiffs' suit against their former employer, claiming that the employer's drug testing policy violates the Americans with Disabilities Act,...

Teamsters Local Union No. 783 v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a union's suit against Anheuser-Busch seeking to compel arbitration over Section 11 of the collective bargaining agreement and its effect on...

Texas Gas Transmissions, LLC v. Butler County of Bd. of Comm'r

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit for declaratory and injunctive relief, brought by Butler County and Texas Gas, seeking a declaration of the priority of their respective...

Johnson v. Bredesen

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections, Government Law
In a suit filed by Tennessee residents and convicted felons, claiming that the Tennessee's voter re-franchisement statute, which conditions...

Guilmette v. Howes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's grant of defendant's request for a conditional writ of habeas corpus from his conviction for first-degree home invasion is affirmed...

Evans-Marshall v. Bd. of Educ. of the Tipp City Exempted Vill. Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a teacher's section 1983 suit against a school board and other individuals, claiming that defendants had retaliated against her curricular and...