United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Village of Oakwood v. State Bank & Trust Co.

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law
In an action brought by a group of partially uninsured depositors arising from a bank's failure and defendant-FDIC's appointment as receiver, summary...

Phelps-Roper v. Strickland

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
A provision of Ohio Rev. Code section 3767.30, which prohibits "picketing" or "other protest activities," within 300 feet of the funeral or burial...

Bowie v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from a denial of an application for social security disability benefits, summary judgment for the Commissioner of Social Security is...

JPD, Inc. v. Chronimed Holdings, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a contract dispute involving whether plaintiff was due additional payment from defendant based on a pharmacy's earnings, or lack thereof, denial of...

Clemmer v. Key Bank Nat'l Ass'n

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a case raising the issue of whether the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA) permits an automated teller machine's (ATM) on-screen notice to read...

US v. Mayberry

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendants' convictions and sentences for being felons in possession of a firearm are affirmed over meritless claims that: 1) one defendant was...

US v. Poole

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's convictions and sentences for drug related offenses are affirmed, but the matter remanded for consideration of whether defendant was...

US v. Djoumessi

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
Convictions for holding someone in involuntary servitude and for harboring an alien for private financial gain are affirmed over claims that the...

Barr v. Lafon

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In an action brought by high school students in Tennessee desiring to express their southern heritage by wearing clothing depicting the Confederate...

US v. Mastromatteo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Denial of defendant's motion for a Franks hearing and his sentence for drug-related offenses are affirmed where: 1) defendant's failure to obtain a...