Sixth Circuit
56777 articles from this court
Sixth Circuit Slams Tennessee PBM Laws For 'Impermissible Connection' With ERISA
The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling that Tennessee laws regulating pharmacy benefit managers are preempted by federal employee benefits law, finding the s...
Sixth Circuit Nixes Guatemala Man's Gang-Based Asylum Bid Over Social Group 'Forfeiture'
A Sixth Circuit panel on Monday denied a Guatemalan man's asylum petition, ruling he forfeited his claims by failing to preserve the particular social group arguments he origina...
Sixth Circuit Nixes 'Hybrid' Representation Challenge in Drug Case
A Sixth Circuit panel on Sunday upheld a Michigan federal judge's decision allowing a drug defendant to be excluded from sidebar conferences when he used hybrid representation w...
Sixth Circuit Axes Lawyer's Pay Over 'Inexcusable' AI Brief Errors
A Sixth Circuit panel on Thursday stripped a court-appointed attorney of compensation and referred him for disciplinary proceedings after he admitted using artificial intelligen...
Sixth Circuit Nixes Challenge to Child Predator's 21-Year Sentence
A Sixth Circuit panel Thursday upheld both a district court's rejection of a child exploitation plea deal and the 21-year sentence imposed on a South Carolina man who traveled a...
Sixth Circuit Nixes Construction Firm's ERISA Claims as 'Arguably Subject' to Labor Board
The Sixth Circuit on Thursday affirmed the dismissal of construction company Rieth-Riley's ERISA lawsuit against union benefit funds, holding that the claims were preempted by t...
Appeals Court Axes Councilman's 'Smoking Gun' Retaliation Claims
A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out a former Ohio city councilman's claims that officials retaliated against his political speech by reporting him to ethics authoritie...
Sixth Circuit Affirms Felon's 'Armed Career Criminal' Sentence Despite 'Complex Questions'
A Sixth Circuit panel on Wednesday upheld a felon-in-possession defendant's enhanced 15-year sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act, ruling that three prior convictions fr...
Sixth Circuit Nixes Ex-Husband's Affidavit Of Support Suit, Affirms 'Broad' Preclusion Rule
A Sixth Circuit panel on Wednesday affirmed dismissal of a Canadian immigrant's lawsuit seeking financial support from his ex-wife under an immigration affidavit, ruling that Mi...
Sixth Circuit Reverses Habeas Grant In Murder Case, Nixes 'Defense-of-Others' Instruction Claim
A Sixth Circuit panel on Friday reversed a federal judge's grant of habeas relief to a Michigan woman convicted of second-degree murder, ruling that the state court's refusal to...
Sixth Circuit Nixes '50% Rule' For Early Supervised Release Termination
The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday vacated a Tennessee federal judge's denial of early supervised release termination for a drug offender, ruling that courts cannot use "blanket rules...
Sixth Circuit Slams Home Care Company's Attack on 'Third-Party' Overtime Rule
The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday upheld federal overtime protections for home care workers employed by third-party agencies, rejecting Americare Healthcare Services' challenge to a...
Sixth Circuit Axes Excessive Force Suit, Says Officers 'Did Not Violate Clearly Established Rights'
A Sixth Circuit panel on Tuesday reversed a federal judge's partial denial of qualified immunity to Detroit police officers accused of using excessive force during a 2019 arrest...
Sixth Circuit Slashes Judicial Ethics Rules Against Judge's 'Campaign Speech'
The Sixth Circuit on Monday reversed a Kentucky federal judge's decision denying injunctive relief to a sitting district judge, ruling that the state Judicial Conduct Commission...
Sixth Circuit Nixes Broker's Challenge To FINRA's 'Enforcement Jurisdiction'
A Sixth Circuit panel on Friday denied a securities broker's petition challenging FINRA's authority to discipline him without his consent to the regulator's jurisdiction, ruling...
Sixth Circuit Axes 'First' Claims in Bourbon Distillery Trademark Spat
A federal appeals court Tuesday affirmed summary judgment for Fresh Bourbon, holding that Victory Global failed to prove its rival's claims to being the "first" African American...
Sixth Circuit Grants Prison Officials Qualified Immunity Despite 'Unbearable' Scabies Outbreak
The Sixth Circuit on Thursday granted qualified immunity to Michigan prison officials who allegedly ignored a years-long scabies outbreak affecting 200 women inmates, ruling tha...
Sixth Circuit Beats 'Evident Partiality' Challenge, Affirms Nursing Home Arbitration Win
A Sixth Circuit panel on Thursday upheld a Kentucky federal judge's decision to compel arbitration and confirm an award favoring nursing home operators, rejecting an estate's cl...
Sixth Circuit Nixes Class Action Over Insurance 'Depreciation' Deductions
The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a Kentucky federal judge's dismissal of a putative class action against Cincinnati Casualty, holding that the insurer properly deducted dep...