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   Federal Courts - 6th Circuit Court of Appeals - May 25, 2006

  
Cherokee Forest Voices v. United States Forest Serv., No. 05-6570, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT, May 25, 2006, Filed
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Overview: In action by environmental groups challenging two logging projects in Cherokee National Forest, district court erred in concluding that 16 U.S.C.S. § 1604(i) allowed USFS to determine whether to revise projects even when those projects were inconsistent with revised Forest Plan. Claim under 42 U.S.C.S. § 4332, however, was properly dismissed.

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Crooks v. Comm'r, No. 05-1744, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT, May 25, 2006* , Filed* This order was originally issued as an "unpublished order" filed on May 25, 2006. On June 27, 2006, the court designated the order as one recommended for full-text publication.
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Overview: Tax court properly concluded that taxpayers were not eligible to take depreciation deduction under 26 U.S.C.S. § 167 or to take a disabled access credit under 26 U.S.C.S. § 44. The taxpayers did not actually own phones that were subject of both deduction and credit. They were ineligible for credit because they were not required to comply with ADA.

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Dotson v. Wilkinson, Nos. 00-4033 / 00-4051, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT, May 25, 2006, Decided , May 25, 2006, Filed
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Smiljanich v. GMC, Nos. 05-1225/1226, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT, May 25, 2006, Filed
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Overview: The judgment on the employee's ERISA claim that the administrator acted arbitrarily and capriciously was reversed; there was an inconsistency in the documents describing the company's "bridging" policy as it applied to the employee, but the administrator's resolution of that inconsistency was reasonable and thus entitled to deference.

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United States v. Currie, No. 05-5718, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT, May 25, 2006, Filed
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Overview: A 120 month sentence for a felon-in-possession charge, 18 U.S.C.S. § 922(g), was affirmed where the sentencing court understood the advisory nature of the guidelines, acknowledged that defendant's record since his first sentencing hearing was admirable, but also recognized his long history of criminal history and the seriousness of the offense.

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United States v. Porter, No. 05-6121, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT, May 25, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Defendant's sentence for violations of 21 U.S.C.S. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, and 18 U.S.C.S. § 2, was affirmed as reasonable following his second resentencing because it was within the USSG and, without expressly reciting the 18 U.S.C.S. § 3553(a) factors, the district court gave consideration to a number of the statutory factors.

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