United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Vance v. Wade

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a claim for use of excessive force by police officers in the course of executing a search warrant, grant of summary judgment in favor of...

Seals v. General Motors Corp.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an intentional tort claim action against defendant-employer General Motors for injuries suffered at defendant's metal stamping plant, grant of...

US v. Kemp

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where: 1) the district court's admission of the names of defendant's prior...

Kaba v. Mukasey

Evidence, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of asylum and related relief brought by a native of the Cote d'Ivoire is denied where the evidence in the...

Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Chester, Willcox & Saxbe, LLP

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Health Law
In an interpleader action brought by tobacco companies against a number of attorneys, including defendants, to determine the proper recipients of four...

US v. Walls

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A life sentence resulting from convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, as well as conspiracy to...

US v. Davis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for distributing, and for conspiring to distribute, crack cocaine is reversed in part and remanded as to the conspiracy conviction where:...

Davie v. Mitchell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a death penalty case, denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where the district court correctly rejected claims that: 1)...

Derickson v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Government Law, Sanctions
Petition for review of a decision of the Secretary of Agriculture finding that petitioners violated the Horse Protection Act by transporting and...

Exum v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against petitioner's employer alleging that it had discharged petitioner and thirty-one other striking employees in violation of Section...