2012 Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 1501 - 2000 of 2013

Eddie Lee v. Tim Brunsman
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3379
David Thorne v. Deb Timmerman-Cooper
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4098
Gregory Nolfi v. Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4315
Gregory Nolfi v. Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4316
Fencorp, Co. v. Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4317
Fencorp, Co. v. Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4320
Fencorp, Co. v. Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4321
Fencorp Co. v. OH KY Oil Corp.  
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4322

Justia Opinion Summary: Nonneman, acting through Fencorp, a family investment corporation, invested $3,980,345.50 in OKO for domestic oil and gas exploration, although he had no experience in such businesses, was showing signs of dementia, and…

Nolfi v. OH KY Oil Corp.  
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4323

Justia Opinion Summary: In addition to about $4 million invested through his family corporation, Nonneman personally invested about $15 million in OKO for domestic oil and gas exploration, although he had no experience in such businesses, was…

USA v. Wael Herbawi
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3297
USA v. Jose Hernandez-Camacho
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3939
USA v. Dominic Maga
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4008
Ling Zhan v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4095
Louseny Kaba v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4484
Diane Wells v. Craig & Landreth Cars, Inc.
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6514
Michael Mileski v. Eddie Washington
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1069
Andre Coleman v. Bertina Bowerman
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1501
Curtis Fuller v. Denise Gerth
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1896
Edward Bess v. J. Walton
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1990
Darius Carlisle v. J. Shartle
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3810
USA v. Michael Currier
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5388
USA v. Ralph O'Neal, III
Date: April 4, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5777
USA v. Richard Washam
Date: April 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 07-6179
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. v. Raymond Corp.  
Date: April 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3912

Justia Opinion Summary: While working for plaintiff, Hashman was standing in the open compartment, driving a forklift manufactured by Raymond when she either fell or stepped from the open side of the compartment. Her foot was trapped. She…

USA v. Alonzo Bates
Date: April 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1094
Brentwood at Hobart v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.  
Date: April 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2141

Justia Opinion Summary: The union filed a petition to organize employees at an assisted-living facility. Employees voted in favor of the union by a wide margin. The employer objected to the result, claiming the union improperly distributed a…

Brentwood at Hobart v. NLRB
Date: April 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2209
George Smith v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: April 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3456
USA v. Jevon Edwards
Date: March 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3647
HDC, LLC v. City of Ann Arbor  
Date: March 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2078

Justia Opinion Summary: The city accepted a proposal to develop city-owned property. The developer formed companies to develop and own the affordable housing portion of the project. The city gave the developer an option to purchase the…

Chad Youth Enhancement Center v. Colony National Insurance Co.
Date: March 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5745
USA v. Omar Langhorn
Date: March 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5976
United States v. McFall  
Date: March 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6238

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant committed several armed robberies in South Carolina and Tennessee. He was convicted in South Carolina state court and sentenced to 25 years. He pled guilty to federal charges of bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. 2113(d),…

Chad Youth Enhancement Center v. Colony National Insurance Co.
Date: March 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6402
USA v. Thomas Pickett
Date: March 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2396
United States v. Coleman  
Date: March 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5283

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2002, defendant was convicted of sexual battery, requiring him to register as a sex offender under Ohio law. Three days before he was released from prison, in 2005, he signed a notice acknowledging his duty to…

USA v. Booker Sanders
Date: March 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5620
Michael Jones v. City of Franklin
Date: March 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5831
USA v. John Hancock
Date: March 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6036
Edgar Metz v. Titanium Metals Corporation
Date: March 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3117
Frederick Willecke v. John Toth
Date: March 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-1600
Retained Realty, Inc. v. Michigan Pioneer Title Insurance
Date: March 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2012
Garry Segel v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Date: March 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2223
Mayssam Kaddoura v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: March 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3528
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: March 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4132
Angelina Cristobal Lopez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: March 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4588
USA v. William King
Date: March 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1101
Jordan v. Warden, Lebanon Corr. Inst.  
Date: March 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3064

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006, petitioner was convicted of rape and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, friend of his girlfriend's daughter and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. The Ohio Court of Appeal rejected a challenge to a…

Wurzelbacher v. Jones-Kelley  
Date: March 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4009

Justia Opinion Summary: During the 2008 campaign, Joe, a plumber working near Toledo, asked then-candidate Obama about a proposed tax plan’s impact on Joe’s ability to own a business. The interaction was replayed by national media. Joe later…

In re: Tamara Calloway v.
Date: March 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-8059
Michigan Bell Tel. Co. v. Covad Commc'n Co.  
Date: March 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 07-2469

Justia Opinion Summary: The court's February 2010 decision was reversed by the United States Supreme Court, the Court, which held that the incumbent local exchange carrier, Michigan Bell, must lease its existing entrance facilities for…

Michigan Bell Telephone Co v. Laura Chappelle
Date: March 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 07-2473
Stanley Cornell v. USA
Date: March 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4362
Rose Dragon v. Comm. of Social Security
Date: March 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4489
Danny McDole v. City of Saginaw
Date: March 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1420
Danny McDole v. City of Saginaw
Date: March 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1789
USA v. Keith Lawhorn
Date: March 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4616
Ilse Bock v. UT Medical Group, Inc.
Date: March 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5534
Claude Oster v. Clarkston State Bank
Date: March 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1388
USA v. Michael Whitfield
Date: March 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1451
Charles King v. Pennsylvania Life Insurance Co
Date: March 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1672
USA v. Anthony Merlo
Date: March 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2003
George Clark v. Kenneth Romanowski
Date: March 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2254
Ihor Popovych v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: March 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3405
Jeffrey Braithwaite v. Department of Homeland Security
Date: March 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3508
Carrie Johnson v. The Washington Cnty Career Ctr
Date: March 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4087
USA v. Broderick McNair
Date: March 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5901
USA v. Jonathan Witherspoon
Date: March 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6470
USA v. Saul Moreno-Martinez
Date: March 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3353
USA v. Armando Trejo
Date: March 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2188
USA v. Mark Schimley
Date: March 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4436
USA v. Quintana
Date: March 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 05-2445
Reginald Worthy v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co
Date: March 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2441
Eric Cook v. Keith Smith
Date: March 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3182
John Meacham v. City of Akron Dep't of Planning & Urban Dev
Date: March 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4501
USA v. Robert Feala
Date: March 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1009
United States v. McCraney  
Date: March 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3573

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, charged as a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition (18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1)), moved to suppress evidence seized in the automobile search (a loaded revolver found under the driver's seat) and his later…

Clifford Houston v. James Logan, Jr.
Date: March 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-6379
Campbell v. Bradshaw  
Date: March 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3444

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1972, petitioner was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Paroled 20 years later, he was arrested in 1997 for aggravated robbery. Petitioner faked inability to walk and had to be…

USA v. Daniel Garcia-Guia
Date: March 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4285
USA v. Christopher Kelso
Date: March 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-6536
Robert Henshaw v. Mary Berghuis
Date: March 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1105
Samuel Whitson v. Knox County Board of Education
Date: March 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6240
United States v. Carr  
Date: March 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6316

Justia Opinion Summary: Officers activated their lights and approached defendant's vehicle, which was parked in an otherwise empty coin-operated carwash in an area in which several drug arrests had been made. After seeing furtive movements, and…

Acuity Mutual Insurance Co v. Darrell Frye
Date: March 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6459
USA v. MacRoland Hurns
Date: March 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3560
In re: Cary Rossi v.
Date: March 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-8048
USA v. Steven Anderson
Date: March 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1925
Bailey v. City of Broadview Heights  
Date: March 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3853

Justia Opinion Summary: Ohio law gives certain mayors jurisdiction to "hear and determine any prosecution for the violation of an ordinance of the municipal corporation, to hear and determine any case involving a violation of a vehicle parking…

Discount Tobacco City & Lottery v. USA
Date: March 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5234
Disc. Tobacco City & Lottery, Inc. v. United States  
Date: March 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5235

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, manufacturers and sellers of tobacco products, alleged that provisions of the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act violated their First Amendment rights. The district court granted partial…

USA v. Edgar Rosas-Jimenez
Date: March 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5985
USA v. Ronnie Wellington
Date: March 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5533
Engintec Corp v. Roderick Boutin
Date: March 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3994
USA v. Michael Pardue
Date: March 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-6313
USA v. Dontay Banks
Date: March 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1058
USA v. Joseph Pacheco, III
Date: March 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1067
USA v. Dontay Banks
Date: March 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1165
Shelter Distrib., Inc. v. Gen. Drivers, Warehousemen & Helpers Union Local No. 89  
Date: March 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5450

Justia Opinion Summary: The collective bargaining agreement was scheduled to expire. During negotiations, the union disclaimed representation of the company's employees and terminated the collective bargaining process. The company then withdrew…

USA v. Ronald Palmer
Date: March 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-6410
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: March 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3976
In re: Szerwinski  
Date: March 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-8050

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006 debtors sublet land from lessees on a 30-year recorded lease and purchased a three-story cottage on the land by bill of sale. The lease refers to removal of the structure upon termination of the lease and…

In re: Burer  
Date: March 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-8070

Justia Opinion Summary: Reyes alleges that her home was foreclosed upon and that she and her children were forced to live in a motel. She agreed to pay debtor $22,000 for a mobile home and gave debtor $15,000 in cash. The closing never took…

Peak v. Webb  
Date: March 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5977

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison, exhausted state remedies and unsuccessfully petitioned the Supreme Court for certiorari. The district court rejected his petition for habeas…

Douglas Benit v. USA
Date: March 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2277
Robert Bumgardner v. USA
Date: March 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5656
Robert Bumgardner v. USA
Date: March 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5657
Dixie Webb v. Kentucky State University
Date: March 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6488
USA v. Alfred Davis
Date: March 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5494
USA v. Surinder Dhaliwal
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-1536
USA v. Baljit Singh
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-1537
Daniel Horacek v. John Neph
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-1538
Dean Gustafson v. Sherry Burt
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2134
Dean Gustafson v. Sherry Burt
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2641
Muhamed Toure v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4099
Andre Draper-El v. Nancy Doom
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-6289
Andre Draper-El v. Nancy Doom
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-6290
Keiper LLC v. Intier Automotive Incorporated
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1486
Christine Jackson v. Clarice Stovall
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1604
Jihad Geagea v. Eric Holder
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3084
USA v. Linnard Lawson
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4256
Irma Del Carmen Valle v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4475
Frontier Insurance Company v. Brook Smith
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5780
USA v. Ronald Ingle
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6456
USA v. Kevin Boguth
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1958
Steven Dawson v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3258
David Doran v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3276
USA v. Keiron Ashurst
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3745
Ronnie Neeley v. Steve Haney
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5449
Shane Bright v. LaDonna Thompson
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5732
John Futch v. J.C. Holland
Date: March 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-6032
USA v. Marques Griffin
Date: March 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4246
USA v. Michael Barnett
Date: March 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-6541
USA v. Dennis King
Date: March 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3781
USA v. Anthony Lamar
Date: March 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6133
United States v. Felt  
Date: March 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5237

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted for failing to register under the Sex Offender Registration Notification Act, 18 U.S.C. 2250(a). Though the state's own sex registration form included notification of the federal duty to register…

In re Steven Perales v.
Date: March 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-8045
Kathleen Leavey v. Detroit, City of
Date: March 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2064
Blackward Properties, LLC v. Bank of America
Date: March 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2226
USA v. Donald Burroughs
Date: March 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2248
Barbara Tate v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: March 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4387
Mike Lairsen v. Jim Figuerado
Date: March 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6360
Mario Curvan v. Jan Trombley
Date: March 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-1702
Jerome Hall v. Margaret Bradshaw
Date: March 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4573
United States v. Osborne  
Date: March 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5276

Justia Opinion Summary: Police responded to a call, about a shooting, spotted a car that matched the description, and stopped defendant, who briefly resisted and was handcuffed. After police patted him down and discovered no weapons, they…

United States v. Jones  
Date: March 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-6549

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant entered a conditional plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) and was sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. 924(e), to the mandatory minimum sentence…

Ronald Babcock v. Linda Metrish
Date: March 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1041
Ronald Babcock v. Linda Metrish
Date: March 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1104
USA v. Eugene Rantanen
Date: March 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1695
Dianne Kean v. It-Works, Inc.
Date: March 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2512
Robert Baar v. Jefferson County Board of Educ.
Date: March 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5704
Robert Baar v. Jefferson County Board of Educ.
Date: March 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5741
Robert Carlson v. Scott Fewins
Date: March 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1062
USA v. Sergio Vargas-Gutierrez
Date: March 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1627
In re Tammy Martin v.
Date: March 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-8052
G.G. Marck and Associates, Inc v. James Peng
Date: March 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4367
G.G. Marck and Associates, Inc v. James Peng
Date: March 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4448
Savoie v. Martin  
Date: March 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6529

Justia Opinion Summary: Tennessee law mandates mediation in certain contested divorce proceedings. Now-Judge Martin was appointed and performed mediation in plaintiff's divorce as part of his private legal practice. The divorce was granted,…

USA v. Adarus Black
Date: March 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1017
Jose Rodriguez v. Honigman Miller Schwartz &Cohn
Date: March 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1252
In re: Hight  
Date: March 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2103

Justia Opinion Summary: The debtor filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition and her Chapter 13 plan. A few weeks later, she filed her Michigan state income tax return, showing that she owed $4,900 for the 2008 tax year. She did not make payment,…

Milligan v. United States  
Date: March 5, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5615

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006, U.S. Marshals worked with officers in 24 states on a fugitive round-up that led to arrests of 10,733 people, including plaintiff, who was wrongfully arrested because of clerical mistakes. All charges were…

Carrier Corporation v. Outokumpu Oyj
Date: March 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 07-6052
Carrier Corp. v. Outokumpu Oyj  
Date: March 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 07-6114

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs are among the world’s largest purchasers of air conditioning and refrigeration copper tubing. Defendants imported ACR copper into the U.S. In 2003 the Commission of the European Communities found that…

USA v. Jason Varnes
Date: March 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1626
Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Galicks, Inc.  
Date: March 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2028

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a sheet metal contractor, was bound by bargaining agreements that required journeymen to perform sheet metal work. A 1996 agreement allowed defendant to use lower-wage production workers for some, but not all,…

NLRB v. Galicks, Inc.
Date: March 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2121
Mediacom SE LLC v. Bellsouth Telecomm., Inc.  
Date: March 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6117

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, AT&T sought to introduce a video service in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, relying on authority provided by its perpetual, Commonwealth-wide, telephone franchise granted in 1886. The city sued, claiming the telephone…

USA v. Ronald Hessa
Date: March 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6357
USA v. Jeffrey Varnes
Date: March 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1577
Perkins v. McQuiggin  
Date: March 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-1875

Justia Opinion Summary: Perkins was convicted of a fatal stabbing. He exhausted appeals. The conviction became final in 1997. He did not file a petition for habeas corpus within one year, as required by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death…

Jose Ortiz v. Jeffrey Wolfe
Date: March 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3704
USA v. Miguel Ware
Date: March 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4419
Chapman v. United Auto Workers Local 1005  
Date: March 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3616

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, hired as a temporary hourly employee, wanted to take an additional week off after the annual plant shutdown to tour with his band. He did not speak with his assigned union representative or any member of GM…

Aziz Abdurakhmanov v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: March 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4263
Eugene Brown v. Kenneth McKee
Date: February 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 07-2089
USA v. Rodia Heard
Date: February 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 08-1426
Curtis Harris v. Patricia Caruso
Date: February 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2191
Williams v. Birkett  
Date: February 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1441

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2003, petitioner pled guilty to unarmed robbery of $10 that occurred when he was 17 years old and had no prior criminal history. He suffered from A.D.H.D. and had been in special education since first grade. After…

William Johnson v. Jeri-Ann Sherry
Date: February 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2699
Brandy Andler v. Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc
Date: February 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3264
Andler v. Clear Channel Broad., Inc.  
Date: February 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3266

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff fell and broke bones while walking in defendant’s campground. She sought damages for medical expenses and lost earning capacity. Before her injury, she worked part-time in childcare, earning $9,000 to $10,000…

Salling v. Budget Rent A Car Sys., Inc.  
Date: February 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3998

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff rented a car, drove 64 miles in one day, refilled the fuel tank, and returned the car to the same location from which he rented the car. In addition to rental and other fees that he does not dispute, he was…

USA v. Eloy Perez
Date: February 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4276
Arthur Jones v. Option One Mortgage Corp
Date: February 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4352
USA v. Michael Smith
Date: February 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6086
USA v. John Smalcer, Jr.
Date: February 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3207
Bharatkumar Sathvara v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: February 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3274
Santravis Cobb v. Warden Chillicothe Correctional Insti
Date: February 29, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3278
Keeling v. Warden, Lebanon Corr. Inst.  
Date: February 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4284

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of aggravated robbery, felonious assault, (with firearm specifications) and possession of cocaine and sentenced to 258 months' imprisonment. On direct appeal he claimed ineffective assistance of…

USA v. Kevin Rodgers
Date: February 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1419
Tykee Ross v. Kenneth McKee
Date: February 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1454
USA v. Kevin Rodgers
Date: February 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1485
Sandy Glover v. Carmen Palmer
Date: February 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1577
USA v. Tony Lee
Date: February 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1705
USA v. Jose Sandoval
Date: February 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2340
Road Sprinkler Fitters Local Union No. 669 v. Dorn Sprinkler Co.  
Date: February 28, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4368

Justia Opinion Summary: Dorn Sprinkler, formed in 1977 and operated by its owner, David, failed to contribute to benefit funds required by its collective bargaining agreement for three months in 2006-2007. Employees organized a work stoppage.…

Charles Clark v. W&M Kraft, Inc.
Date: February 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 07-4272
Charles Clark v. W&M Kraft, Inc.
Date: February 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 07-4314
United States v. Robinson  
Date: February 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-1959

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to knowingly possessing more than 7100 images of child pornography on his computer, 18 U.S.C. 2252A(a)(5)(B). Some of the images involved bondage, torture, and rape of prepubescent children. The…

David Flick v. Millicent Warren
Date: February 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2542
Unite States v. Ferguson  
Date: February 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3070

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant entered a plea of guilty to possession of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(5)(B). He challenged denial of a motion to suppress floppy disks discovered in his house and five conditions imposed on supervised…

Kevin Eslinger v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: February 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3820
Uniform Masters v. McKesson Corporation
Date: February 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5453
Benjamin McCoy v. Kurt Jones
Date: February 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 08-2269
United States v. Cunningham  
Date: February 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3092

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to three child pornography offenses, 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(2), 2252A(a)(2), and 2252A(a)(5)(B) and was sentenced to 121 months imprisonment. The Sixth Circuit affirmed, first rejecting an argument…

Berryman v. Supervalu Holdings, Inc.  
Date: February 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3590

Justia Opinion Summary: Current and former African–American employees brought suit alleging that they were exposed to a racially hostile work environment in defendant's warehouses and, in response to a motion for summary judgment, submitted a…

Jamie Ratliff v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: February 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4528
USA v. Gary Fleming
Date: February 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6059
USA v. Paul Marriott
Date: February 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6107
USA v. Donnie Justice
Date: February 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6559
USA v. Terry Branham
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 08-5521
USA v. Kathy Branham
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 08-5522
Schneider v. Hardesty  
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3892

Justia Opinion Summary: Hardesty, a resident of Utah, solicited Schneider, a physician and resident of Ohio, for an investment involving purchase of medical-malpractice insurance from Hardesty's foreign-based company. The investment was to…

United States v. Stevenson  
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1043

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants, convicted of state-law sex offenses requiring them to register before the enactment of the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, 42 U.S.C. 16901, were indicted for traveling in interstate…

USA v. Carlos Flowers
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1117
Fharmacy Records v. Salaam Nassar
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1354
Fharmacy Records v. Salaam Nassar
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2073
Toran Peterson v. Unknown Cooper
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2375
USA v. Frank Tatum
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2625
USA v. Jason Eddy
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3826
USA v. Jason Eddy
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3827
William Drake v. Charles Howland
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4182
Keith Cockrell v. City of Cincinnati
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4605
Charles Kowolonek v. Les Moore
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5398
Anthony Oldham v. United States Postal Service
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5767
USA v. Ernesto McKinney
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1439
Joseph Miles v. Roland Colson
Date: February 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5074
Edward Bowen v. Kurt Jones
Date: February 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2508
Nisar Mulla v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: February 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4048
Pfeil v. State Street Bank & Trust Co  
Date: February 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2302

Justia Opinion Summary: GM offered separate defined-contribution 401(k) plans. Benefits were based on the amount of contributions and investment performance of an individual's separate account. The plans offered several investment options,…

Nisar Mulla v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: February 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3793
Jessica Dellarussiani v. Ed Donnelly Enterprises Inc.
Date: February 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3836
Jessica Dellarussiani v. Ed Donnelly Enterprises Inc.
Date: February 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3901
VIBO Corp., Inc. v. Conway  
Date: February 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5043

Justia Opinion Summary: A 1998 settlement (MSA), between states and large tobacco companies (OPMs) included incentives for non-parties to join, but OPMs retained the most favorable payment terms. The MSA permitted states to enact statutes…

Roger Miller Music, Inc. v. Sony/ATV Publ'g, LLC  
Date: February 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5363

Justia Opinion Summary: Famed singer-songwriter Roger Miller assigned original and renewal copyrights to his songs to defendant in the 1960s. Defendant filed applications to register renewal copyrights for 1964 songs with the Copyright Office…

USA v. Elmer Porras-Chinchilla
Date: February 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1090
Mary Shaffer v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
Date: February 22, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3020
James Chandler, Sr. v. Wackenhut Corporation, The
Date: February 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1211
Int'l Millenium Consultants v. Taycom Business Solutions
Date: February 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1554
Orton v. Johnny's Lunch Franchise, LLC  
Date: February 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2044

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff began working for JLF in 2007 at an annual salary of $125,000. He alleges that JLF ceased paying him about a year later because of cash flow problems, but he did not stop working. A few weeks later the entire…

M. Taylor v. Chief Thomas Streicher
Date: February 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3894
Thomas Jackson v. Larry Chandler
Date: February 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6060
USA v. Douglas Bryant
Date: February 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6397
USA v. Douglas Bryant
Date: February 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6398
In re: Gourlay  
Date: February 21, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-8066

Justia Opinion Summary: A Chapter 7 debtor instituted an adversary proceeding against Sallie Mae, Inc. (11 U.S.C. 523(a)(8)) to determine the dischargeability of a student loan (about $25,000). The bankruptcy court entered a default judgment…

Phillip Hernandez v. Hartford Life Group Insurance
Date: February 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2377
Raymond Lininger v. Robert Welch
Date: February 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3961
USA v. Edward M. Hill
Date: February 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5259
Angelo Fears v. Margaret Bagley
Date: February 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 08-4050
Musa Ikharo v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: February 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 08-4139
Musa Ikharo v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: February 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3587
Roman v. MI Dep't of Human Serv.  
Date: February 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2174

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2000 plaintiff, a Caucasian, began working at a juvenile detention facility. He was a member of the Michigan State Employees Association Union and could only be terminated for cause. Between 2005 and 2007, plaintiff…

Patricia Plummer v. Millicent Warren
Date: February 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2253
Robert Smit v. Paula Meyer
Date: February 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2497
Ohio Council 8 Am. Federation v. Secretary of State Jennifer Brrunner
Date: February 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4006
USA v. Richardo Urbina
Date: February 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1026
USA v. Bernard Shaw
Date: February 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5144
USA v. Lawrence Payne
Date: February 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5207
USA v. Michael Thompson
Date: February 16, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5227
Sue Fritz v. Charter Township of Comstock
Date: February 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1973
USA v. Roger Faulkenberry
Date: February 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4362
Seafort v. Burden  
Date: February 15, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6248

Justia Opinion Summary: Debtors were eligible to participate in their employers' ERISA 401(k) qualified retirement plans, but were not making contributions to those plans when they filed Chapter 13 petitions, but were repaying 401(k) loans to…

Dante Keeling v. Warden, Lebanon Correctional Institution
Date: February 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4284
Beryllin Gamby v. Equifax Information Services
Date: February 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1152
USA v. Richard Zorn
Date: February 14, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2692
USA v. Shawn Taylor
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5315
USA v. Daniel VanderZwaag
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1413
USA v. Patricia VanderZwaag
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1415
Sherry Berry v. Allstate Insurance Company
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1512
USA v. Craig Stone
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1748
USA v. Robert Larsen
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1753
Juan Walker v. Shirlee Harry
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2063
USA v. Jose Castro-Ramirez
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2128
Avinash Yadav v. L-3 Communications Corp.
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3249
Bays v. City of Fairborn  
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4059

Justia Opinion Summary: The Festival is an annual event at a 200-acre public park. Two private organizations rent the park. The city provides a number of facilities and services and the park remains open to the public. The organizations rent…

USA v. Nigel Jackson
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4254
USA v. Maurice Williams
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4326
USA v. Thomas Franklin
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4585
Bench Billboard Company v. City of Covington, Kentucky
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5129
USA v. John Tolbert, Jr.
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5688
Dollie Ayers-Jennings v. Fred's, Inc.
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6228
IBEW Pacific Coast Pension v. Cleta M. Lee
Date: February 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6433
United States v. Evers, Sr.  
Date: February 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 08-5774

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of two counts of production of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. 2251(a); one count of possession of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(4)(B); and one forfeiture count, 18 U.S.C. 2253 following his…

United States v. Martin  
Date: February 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-1154

Justia Opinion Summary: On the second day of his trial on 23 counts relating to a series of bank robberies, defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C.…

Phillips v. Court of Common Pleas Hamilton Cnty., OH  
Date: February 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4280

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was indicted in state court on two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, Ohio Rev. Code 2907.04(A), and one count of gross sexualimposition, Ohio Rev. Code 2907.05(A)(1). During trial, the court…

Gooch v. Life Investors Ins. Co.  
Date: February 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5003

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a class-action lawsuit against the insurance company, claiming breach of contract because the company began interpreting the "actual charges" provision of his cancer-insurance policy to mean the charges…

Anthony Gooch v. Life Investors Insurance Co
Date: February 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5723
United States v. Tolbert, Jr.  
Date: February 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6467

Justia Opinion Summary: After his trial for intentional possession of an unregistered firearm, defendant was instructed to place his hands behind his back for cuffing. Instead he grabbed a plastic water pitcher and hit a deputy in the head with…

United States v. Corp  
Date: February 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2407

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant entered an unconditional guilty plea to sexually exploiting a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251(a). The district court imposed a within-guidelines 360-month sentence. The Sixth Circuit vacated the sentence…

USA v. Warner Crider
Date: February 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2372
Frederick Fields v. Thomas Birkett
Date: February 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2512
USA v. Peter Hendrickson
Date: February 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1726
USA v. Warner Crider
Date: February 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1768
Michael Batey v. Debra Scutt
Date: February 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1903
USA v. Robert Childress, Jr.
Date: February 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2307
USA v. Donald Hollin
Date: February 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2636
Pjeter Lleshi v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: February 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3716
MaryGene Baldwin v. Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Date: February 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3980
USA v. Kenneth Mullikin, Jr.
Date: February 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5047
Jason Humphrey v. Kim Sapp
Date: February 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5543
USA v. Daniel Fearnow
Date: February 8, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6034
Mario Evans v. Raymond Booker
Date: February 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 07-2166
Heinrich v. Waiting Angels Adoption Serv., Inc.  
Date: February 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2470

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, seven couples who sent money to the defendants (adoption agency and individuals) to facilitate adoptions, in some cases of specific children, believed they had been defrauded and filed federal claims. The…

Island Creek Coal Company v. Harold Calloway
Date: February 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4589
USA v. Michael Kelley
Date: February 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5970
Lon Walker v. Jim Morrow
Date: February 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-6537
Wayne McCarty v. Carmen Palmer
Date: February 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2359
Sandra Farinacci v. City of Garfield Heights
Date: February 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3516
Michael Tranter v. Greg Orick
Date: February 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3945
Marlon Jackson v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co
Date: February 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4096
USA v. Dwayne Jackson
Date: February 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5433
Harold Matheney v. City of Cookeville, Tennessee
Date: February 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5546
Kathy LeFevers v. Social Security Adminstration
Date: February 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5784
Wanda Crooks v. Hamilton County, Ohio
Date: February 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3050
Steven Norris v. Commissioner of Social Security
Date: February 7, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5424
USA v. David Ward
Date: February 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3736
USA v. Connie Avalos
Date: February 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-6474
Veneklase v. Bridgewater Condos, L.C,  
Date: February 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1794

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006, plaintiffs contracted with defendant to purchase a condominium for $395,900. They made cash deposits of $11,877 and executed a note for $19,795. When notified of a closing date in 2009, plaintiffs' counsel sent…

Kirk Teets v. Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Date: February 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3713
Pilla v. United States  
Date: February 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4178

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a professor, told the FBI and the university that she had received hate mail at her office. The FBI and the university spent thousands of dollars investigating before she admitted to writing and delivering…

USA v. Susan Sperl
Date: February 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5753
United States v. Toth  
Date: February 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6218

Justia Opinion Summary: One of 14 individuals charged with, among other things conspiring to steal government property, as part of a scheme to defraud the VA of disability benefits, defendant proceeded to trial, but on the third day, changed…

USA v. Timothy Gibbs
Date: February 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1347
Doe v. Merrill Comty Sch. Dist.  
Date: February 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1028

Justia Opinion Summary: John was a ninth grade special education student. Jane, in eighth grade, believed that she was John's girlfriend. Jane's mother claims that John sexually harassed Jane by shoving her into a locker out of jealousy,…

USA v. Valentine Balogun, I
Date: February 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1268
Eric Schorling v. Millicent Warren
Date: February 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1960
USA v. Dan Green
Date: February 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2469
USA v. Jeffrey Justice
Date: February 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3749
Island Creek Coal Company v. Jimmy Garrett
Date: February 3, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4166
Wogenstahl v. Mitchell  
Date: February 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 07-4285

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted in 1993 of a 1991 aggravated murder, was sentenced to death, and exhausted Ohio state court remedies. He filed a 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition for habeas corpus in 1999 and amended his petition in 2003…

Muskegon Central Dispatch 911 v. Tiburon, Inc.
Date: February 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2214
Ramani Pilla v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: February 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4577
USA v. Antonio Clark
Date: February 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5495
United States v. Parkes  
Date: February 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-6525

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a businessman, was convicted on 10 counts of bank fraud (18 U.S.C. 1344) involving creation of 10 fraudulent entries on the books of a small bank in Benton, Tennessee. At trial, the government offered the…

USA v. Frederick Hogan
Date: February 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1456
Remy & Associates, L.L.C. v. Whole Foods Markets, Inc.
Date: February 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2104
Ohio Citizen Action v. City of Englewood
Date: February 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3265
Ohio Citizen Action v. City of Englewood  
Date: February 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3293

Justia Opinion Summary: Among other provisions, the ordinance prohibited door-to-door canvassing and soliciting between 6 P.M. and 9 A.M. The district court struck licensing requirements as unconstitutional, invalidated a requirement that…

Howell v. Sander  
Date: February 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5797

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a new teacher, approached the principal to deny rumors that she had a sexual relationship with a minor student, JS. The principal spoke with JS, who denied the allegations. Days later, JS changed his story. …

USA v. Angilito Sosa
Date: February 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6403
Jermia Chaidy v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: February 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3177
USA v. Broderick Price
Date: February 2, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-6042
Kevin Sollitt v. KeyCorp
Date: February 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4143
Lon Walker v. Jim Morrow
Date: February 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-6537
Kevin Sollitt v. KeyCorp
Date: February 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3408
Karen Yagley v. OSHA
Date: February 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3667
Laureta Sokoli v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: February 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4046
USA v. Kenneth Hutchinson
Date: February 1, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4603
USA v. William Long
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 08-6423
Michael Taylor v. Carol R. Howes
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-1843
Ricky Fulcher v. Logan County Circuit Court
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5573
USA v. Lesley Owens
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5751
Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Jackson Hosp. Corp.  
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2101

Justia Opinion Summary: In a previous proceeding, the National Labor Relations Board found that the medical center violated the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 158(a)(1), (3) when it fired eight employees because of their union support…

Craig Nehasil v. Robert Grenier
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2242
James Kiessel v. Leelanau County
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2602
USA v. Arthur Anderson
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2638
USA v. Francisco Rivera-Hidalgo
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2674
Adnan Bushati v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3414
USA v. Faisal Alatrash
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3636
USA v. Gada Alatrash
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3637
Norman Fischer v. Kent State University
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3879
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4107
Jean Ndayisaba v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4477
USA v. Audrey Johnson, Jr.
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5290
USA v. Eddie Fraker
Date: January 31, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5721
Bondex Int'l, Inc. v. Hartford Accident and Indem.Co.  
Date: January 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 08-4735

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs sought insurance coverage for settlement and defense costs related to thousands of asbestos-exposure products-liability lawsuits that began in 1981. Many of the underlying asbestos claims arose from exposure…

Bondex International, Inc. v. Century Indemnity Company
Date: January 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3091
Bondex International, Inc. v. Century Indemnity Company
Date: January 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3092
Bondex International, Inc. v. Century Indemnity Company
Date: January 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3304
Bondex International, Inc. v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity
Date: January 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3307
United States v. Carroll  
Date: January 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1400

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, the Eastern District of Michigan ranked 79th of 90 judicial districts in successful completion of Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases. To improve the situation, the judges began entering orders in Chapter 13 plans that…

USA v. Anthony Fowler
Date: January 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3857
United States v. Kernell  
Date: January 30, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6450

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant hacked the email account of then-Alaska governor and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. After forensic examinations revealed that he took action to remove information from his computer relating to the…

Lefevers v. GAF Fiberglass Corp.  
Date: January 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 00-5667

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, then age 58, was terminated from his job as shift supervisor in 1998. He claimed that he was terminated because of his age, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. 621, and the…

Cleveland Firefighters For Fair Hiring Practices v. City of Cleveland  
Date: January 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4208

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1975 federal court held that the city had discriminated against minorities in hiring entry-level firefighters. In 1977, the court approved a consent decree that included racial classifications as a remedy. A 2000…

USA v. David Serrato-Chavez
Date: January 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2006
USA v. Jose Madrigal-Negrete
Date: January 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2022
Julea Ward v. Vernon Polite
Date: January 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2100
Julea Ward v. Roy Wilbanks, et al  
Date: January 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2145

Justia Opinion Summary: The university prohibits graduate students in its counseling program from discriminating based on sexual orientation and teaches students to affirm client values during counseling sessions. Plaintiff frequently stated…

Federal Warehouse Company v. Nationwide Life Insurance Co
Date: January 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3756
Clairmont Melville v. USA
Date: January 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3975
USA v. Timothy Foster
Date: January 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4135
USA v. Derwin Ard
Date: January 27, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6502
USA v. David Hernandez
Date: January 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5262
USA v. Bryan Carthen
Date: January 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1878
McNaughton-McKay Electric Co. v. Linamar Corp.
Date: January 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2162
USA v. Hersie Wesson
Date: January 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3860
USA v. Raymond Johnson
Date: January 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4267
Marash Kalaj v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4315
United States v. Inman  
Date: January 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5702

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(4)(B), admitting possession of a computer thumb drive that he knew contained many images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. At…

USA v. Ernest Stennis
Date: January 26, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5835
Joseph Ozormoor v. T-Mobil USA, Inc.
Date: January 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2235
Juana Hernandez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3662
USA v. Richard Hughes
Date: January 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6300
Julie Weiss, et al v. Secretary of the U.S. Departme, et al
Date: January 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1313
Barbara Gambill, et al v. Duke Energy Corporation
Date: January 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3333
USA v. Steven Toy
Date: January 25, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3105
United States v. Fofana  
Date: January 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4397

Justia Opinion Summary: Checking accounts were opened in the name of Diallo by a man with a passport bearing that name. The IRS deposited $3,787 into the account. Diallo withdrew $2,500 before the bank discovered that the money was a tax refund…

Bellsouth Telecommunications, v. Kentucky Public Service Commis, et al
Date: January 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5310
Bellsouth Telecomm., Inc. v. KY Pub. Serv. Comm'n  
Date: January 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5311

Justia Opinion Summary: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires incumbent local exchange carriers to lease to new competitive LECs, unbundled, at cost, facilities and services (elements) that the FCC deems necessary to provide local…

Horseman's Benevolent & Protective Ass'n v. DeWine  
Date: January 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3511

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1986, the Association signed an agreement with Beulah Park governing racing operations; later, they amended to establish a regular process in which the Association periodically would grant or withhold consent to…

USA v. Ronald Jeffries
Date: January 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5861
USA v. Luciana Meadoweal
Date: January 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5862
USA v. Rickey Calloway
Date: January 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5863
USA v. Elijah Smith
Date: January 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1551
USA v. Jerry Weather
Date: January 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2108
Jimmy Greene v. Blaine Lafler
Date: January 24, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1488
Abdurakhmanov v. Holder  
Date: January 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4263

Justia Opinion Summary: During 1998, while living in Tashkent, petitioner graduated from medical school, married, and had a son. He is of the Dungan ethnicity, a group he says is readily distinguishable from ethnic Uzbekis. He claims that they…

Jarrod Johnson v. USA
Date: January 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-1556
USA v. Robert Turner
Date: January 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3916
USA v. Myron Hooker
Date: January 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2286
USA v. Alan Silber
Date: January 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2695
USA v. Billi-Jo Smallwood
Date: January 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6347
Joseph Roetter, et al v. MDOC
Date: January 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1952
Steven Slasinski, et al v. Confirma, Inc., et al
Date: January 23, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2199
Thom. v. American Standard, Inc.  
Date: January 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3507

Justia Opinion Summary: The company granted plaintiff leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, listing a June 27 return date. The doctor cleared plaintiff for light work beginning on May 31 and set June 13 as the probable date for…

Carl Thom, Jr. v. American Standard, Inc.
Date: January 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3508
William Zukowski v. Tony Parker
Date: January 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5960
Michael Williamson, et al v. Recovery Limited Partnership, et al
Date: January 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4253
Michael Williamson, et al v. Recovery Limited Partnership, et al
Date: January 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4255
USA v. Fredrick Black
Date: January 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1601
USA v. Demoreray Jackson
Date: January 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1812
L-S Industries, Inc. v. J. Matlack, et al
Date: January 20, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5927
United States v. Bolton  
Date: January 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6555

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant entered a plea of guilty to knowing possession of child pornography transported via computer, 18 U.S.C. 2252A(a)(5)(B) and (b)(2). He was sentenced to 72 months and appealed sentencing enhancement under USSG…

USA v. Ronald Johnson
Date: January 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1667
USA v. Juan Cadavid-Yepe
Date: January 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1803
USA v. Moore
Date: January 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3097
Hillside Productions, Incorpor, et al v. County of Macomb, et al
Date: January 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2461
USA v. Eric Cousin
Date: January 19, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5833
USA v. Cory Traxler
Date: January 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1792
Sasa Prelevic v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 18, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3887
Donald v. Sybra, Inc.  
Date: January 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2153

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff began working as an assistant restaurant manager in late 2005 and missed several weeks of work in 2006-2007 for medical treatments. In 2008 her supervisor discovered irregularities with her receipts and…

USA v. Deltonio Dorsey
Date: January 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4266
Bay Corrugated Container, Inco v. Gould, Incorporated
Date: January 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2310
USA v. Anthony George
Date: January 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6159
USA v. Michael Gregory
Date: January 17, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5502
United States v. Taylor  
Date: January 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3762

Justia Opinion Summary: After months of surveillance, police searched curbside trash and found marijuana paraphernalia, an empty ammunition box, and mail addressed to people including defendant. Executing a warrant, they found numerous…

OH Execution Protocol
Date: January 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 12-3035
USA v. Rodney Henry
Date: January 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5239
Mark Musselman v. Warden Chillicothe Correctiona
Date: January 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3374
USA v. Jesus Valles-Renteria
Date: January 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5095
USA v. Bryon Taylor
Date: January 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4255
John Roll v. Bowling Green Metalforming, LL
Date: January 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6185
USA v. Fernado Ortiz
Date: January 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 08-6257
David Desparois v. Perrysburg Exempted Village Sc, et al
Date: January 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3158
USA v. Antoinne Burrell
Date: January 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4564
Karen Nemier, et al v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co
Date: January 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2116
USA v. Dino Parrella
Date: January 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3622
USA v. Omar Sufi
Date: January 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1190
USA v. Mohamed Sufi
Date: January 13, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-1219
Conn v. Zakharov  
Date: January 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3526

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a Russian citizen, attended graduate school and owns real property, vehicles, and bank accounts in Ohio. He spends some time in Ohio each year, ranging from 40 days in 2007 to a total of 17 days in 2008–2009.…

State Farm Mutual Automobile v. Accident Victims Home Health, et al
Date: January 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2509
USA v. Raymond Teeple
Date: January 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2124
USA v. Timothy White
Date: January 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5068
Sharon Evans v. Sir Pizza of Kentucky, Inc., et al
Date: January 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6098
USA v. Robert Johnson, Jr.
Date: January 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5109
USA v. Robert Johnson, Jr.
Date: January 12, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5115
Bourne v. Curtin  
Date: January 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2131

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2002 defendant was tried in Michigan for the stabbing death of a police officer after a traffic stop. The jury sent a note to the judge asking to re-hear testimony from five witnesses. Without consulting with counsel,…

United States v. Myer  
Date: January 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4314

Justia Opinion Summary: The police arrested defendant on February 4, 2009, on charges involving heroin distribution. He appeared before a magistrate the same day and was released on bond. A grand jury returned an indictment on June 17.…

Robert Comrie v. USA
Date: January 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-3728
USA v. Matthew Hawn
Date: January 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2098
Paul Jones v. Western Reserve Transit Author
Date: January 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3985
USA v. Juan Martinez-Rendon
Date: January 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3013
USA v. Mitchell LeMaster
Date: January 11, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4480
United States v. Clay  
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5568

Justia Opinion Summary: After a man stole a car at gunpoint, the FBI agent learned that about an hour later someone attempted to use the owner's stolen bank cards. Surveillance video showed an unshaven, African American man wearing a red and…

Gojko Jungic v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3056
USA v. James Alexander
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5518
USA v. Jeffrey Odom
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5894
USA v. Kevin Herrin
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-5185
Candice Cheolas, et al v. City of Harper Woods, et al
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2418
Candice Cheolas, et al v. City of Harper Woods, et al
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2588
Tommy Barrow v. USA
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2297
State Farm Mutual Automobile v. Accident Victims Home Health
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-2452
USA v. Vincent Canada
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2400
USA v. Jonathan Phillip
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3973
USA v. Carlos Johnson
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-2202
USA v. Darren Little
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5463
Sandra Culver v. CCL Label Inc.
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5353
USA v. Jason Mize
Date: January 10, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6182
Bobo v. United Parcel Serv., Inc.  
Date: January 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-6348

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an African American, began working for defendant in 1987 and was a member of the Army Reserve. In 2004, after rehabilitation for an injury sustained in Iraq, he returned to his job as a supervisor. When he…

United States v. Bistline  
Date: January 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3106

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to knowingly possessing 305 images and 56 videos of child pornography on his computer (18 U.S.C. 2522). Many of the images depicted 8- to 10-year-old girls being raped by adult men. The Sentencing…

USA v. Michael Aldridge
Date: January 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-5968
USA v. Toe Myint
Date: January 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1597
Patrick Cole, et al v. Kevin Harris
Date: January 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3168
Douglas Algie v. NKU
Date: January 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5166
USA v. Jerry Sargent
Date: January 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-5182
USA v. Dennis Bolze
Date: January 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6243
USA v. Marcus Collin
Date: January 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-6353
Randy Patterson v. Blaine Lafler
Date: January 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1379
USA v. Michael Schuttpelz
Date: January 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1846
USA v. Charles Brandon
Date: January 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-1050
Cassandra Williams, et al v. Port Huron Area School Dist, et al
Date: January 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-1636
Javier Cifuentes, et al v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Date: January 9, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-3915
United States v. Coleman  
Date: January 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 08-6372

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. 2113(a). The district court sentenced him to 168 months' imprisonment, applying a two-point enhancement under USSG 2B3.1(b)(4)(B),applicable where a person…

United States v. Rozin  
Date: January 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 11-3186

Justia Opinion Summary: Taxpayer took business and individual tax deductions for the cost of "Loss of Income" insurance policies. The policies were back-dated, had a high premium to coverage ratio, were described as tax-savings products, and…

Adron Floyd v. County of Kent, et al
Date: January 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 08-2015
USA v. Paul Brown
Date: January 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-4530
USA v. Ronald Cooks
Date: January 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 09-6394
Anna Goble v. Aztec Mining Company, Inc., et al
Date: January 6, 2012
 Docket Number: 10-4179

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