United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Gaeth v. Hartford Life Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
An award of attorney's fees to claimant pursuant to a finding that plan administrator's termination of long term disability benefits was arbitrary and...

Petty v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville-Davidson County

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In former police officer's action claiming that defendant violated plaintiff's rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights...

Info-Hold, Inc. v. Sound Merch., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
Denial of plaintiff's Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) motion for relief from an order, entered pursuant to a settlement agreement, dismissing...

Jells v. Mitchell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a petition for habeas relief in a death penalty case is reversed where: 1) a state court applied the Strickland standard in an objectively...

Jerman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich LPA

Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act's (FDCPA) bona fide error defense applies to mistakes of law, and is not limited to procedural or clerical...

US v. Alexander

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denials of a motion to suppress evidence underlying defendant's plea of guilty to drug-related charges, as well as a motion to compel discovery of...

US v. Simpson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Insurance Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime, Workers' Compensation
A sentence and order of restitution imposed for defendant's crime of mail fraud, involving his underreporting of payroll information for his...

Desai v. Booker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a death penalty case, grant of habeas relief pursuant to a claim that the admission of a hearsay statement of a co-defendant violated his rights...

CenTra, Inc. v. Estrin

Construction, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit against a law firm for damages, alleging breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, and legal malpractice, summary judgment for the law...

Bryant v. Dollar Gen. Corp.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming defendant fired plaintiff in retaliation for her exercise of leave guaranteed by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA),...