United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Med. Mut. of Ohio v. k. Amalia Enters. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a group health insurer's suit against parents, as well as one parent's employer and its CFO, for failing to disclose that parents' dependent son...

Pickens v. Howes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
When a sentence is modified to make it consistent with state law and to give the defendant the benefit of his original plea agreement, the...

US v. Campbell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where: 1) a motion to suppress was properly denied as no constitutional...

Dunn v. Matatall

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendants-officers violated plaintiff's Fourth Amendment rights by using excessive force when...

US v. Gilpatrick

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence of 108 months for conspiring to deprive another of his civil rights and depriving another of his civil rights is affirmed where district...

Doan v. Carter

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a conviction for kidnapping and murder, denial of petition for habeas corpus is affirmed where: 1) the witnesses to which the undisclosed evidence...

Golden v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Civil Procedure, Tax Law
In a matter raised in Tax Court, denial of relief from IRS' proposed collection action is affirmed over claims that: 1) the Tax Court erred in finding...

League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Brunner

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a claim by plaintiff-voting rights organizations claiming that state voting system was deficient and alleging violations of equal protection,...

Madden v. Chattanooga City Wide Svc. Dept.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII wrongful termination claim based on race, grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff is affirmed over claims that the district...

State of Ohio v. Brunner

Civil Procedure, Elections
In a per curiam decision regarding a potential defect in 1000 county provisional ballots, district court decisions holding that under state law the...