U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
8 published articles from this court.
The panel held that the Village of St. Bernard's remaining billboard rules survive intermediate scrutiny and are severable from the invalidated public-service sign carve-out, offering guidance on Ohio severance law.
Panel says the district court should have declined supplemental jurisdiction over an unresolved Michigan constitutional issue after dismissing the federal claims.
The panel held disputed issues about whether a man with schizoaffective disorder posed a threat must go to the jury, and the officer could not relitigate facts on interlocutory appeal.
Reversing dismissal, the Sixth Circuit holds that an Oklahoma law firm's use of a default judgment to garnish a Michigan worker's wages establishes minimum contacts, reviving an FDCPA suit against the firm.
The court joins other circuits in holding that individualized vehicle-by-vehicle valuation questions predominate over common claims about State Farm's 'typical negotiation adjustment,' offering insurers a template for defeating Rule 23(b)(3) certification in actual-cash-value disputes.
A published Sixth Circuit panel said officers had reasonable suspicion to search a Michigan house tied to a supervised releasee, rejecting both suppression arguments and a constitutional attack on the federal felon-in-possession law.
The panel told defense counsel to explain why Joseph Harris’ guilty plea, appeal waiver and potential appellate issues leave no arguable basis for relief before it rules on withdrawal.
The panel said a Kentucky federal court violated criminal forfeiture timing rules but that the mistakes did not justify vacating Jeremy Wayne Harrell's forfeiture sentence.