The Sixth Circuit held that Kentucky’s judicial conduct rules prohibiting candidates from identifying as party nominees or using certain partisan endorsements violate the First Amendment as applied to two former candidates, but reversed...
Joseph Fischer v. Karen Thomas
A divided panel split over whether a child's halting, one-word answers in a closed-door interview were enough to invoke the Hague Convention's narrow age-and-maturity exception.
Ilyse Deravil v. Julmise Jean
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of habeas corpus for Phillip L. Jones, an Ohio prisoner on death row for the 2007 killing of Susan Yates, whose body was found at Mount Peace Cemetery in Akron.
Phillip Jones v. Tim Shoop
A unanimous three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit upheld a 212-month prison sentence for Moreno Lee Jackson, ruling that he waived his right to challenge the Armed Career Criminal Act enhancement that added years to his term. Circuit...