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   Federal Courts - 6th Circuit Court of Appeals - February 15, 2006

  
Eastman v. Marine Mech. Corp., No. 03-4591, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT, February 15, 2006, Decided , February 15, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Remand of an employment case was ordered because a state-law employment action for wrongful termination in violation of federal public policy did not present a substantial federal question over which federal courts could have exercised "arising under" jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.S. § 1331.

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Halvorsen v. Plato Learning, Inc., No. 05-5325, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT, February 15, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Summary judgment was granted to an employer in a retaliatory discharge claim based on public policy under Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-25-101 because there was no agreement within the meaning of § 47-25-101; moreover, case law regarding a firing of an employee due to the employment of a spouse by a competitor was rejected.

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May v. Franklin County Comm'rs, No. 05-3188, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT, February 15, 2006, Decided , February 15, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Summary judgment was properly granted to a county and others in a 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983 case relating to a domestic violence death because none of the acts in responding to or answering a victim's 911 calls for help, although not faultless, directly increased the victim's vulnerability to danger or placed her in harm's way.

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United States v. Katzopoulos, No. 04-6501, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT, February 15, 2006, Decided , February 15, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Although courts had questioned continuing validity of allowing testimonial hearsay at sentencing post-Crawford and post-Booker, Sixth Circuit held that, without a clear directive from Supreme Court, it would continue to observe its precedent that testimonial hearsay did not affect a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confrontation at sentencing.

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