6th Circuit (incl. bankruptcy)

The United States Sixth Circuit includes the states of: Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan. The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is the Potter Stewart US Courthouse in Cincinnati, OH. Michigan and Kentucky are further broken down to the Eastern/Western Districts. Tennessee is broken down to Eastern/Western/Northern District, and Ohio is broken down into the Northern/Southern Districts.

The US Court of Appeals for the sixth circuit is in Cincinnati. Kentucky’s Eastern District Court is in Lexington and Western District is in Louisville. Michigan’s Eastern District Court is in Detroit and Western District is in Grand Rapids. The Northern District Court in Ohio is in Cleveland and Southern District in Columbus. The Eastern District Court in Tennessee is in Knoxville, Middle District in Nashville, and Western District in Memphis, TN.

Currently there are 16 active judges and 12 senior judges which make up the bench in the Sixth Circuit Court System. Elena Kagan is the Circuit Judge on the Supreme Court, and Ransey Guy Cole Jr is the Chief Justice for the Sixth Circuit. President William Howard Taft was the only individual to be president and serve as the Chief Justice for the Circuit Court, where he presided over the Sixth Circuit.

American Civil Liberties Union v National Security Agency (2007) is one of the famous cases to come out of this Circuit. The court in this case held that plaintiffs didn’t have proper standing to bring the lawsuit against the NSA. They could not present evidence that they were “targets” of the TSP (Terrorist Surveillance Program). The Appellate court reversed the lower court’s ruling finding that plaintiffs could not prove they were or would be subject to surveillance by the NSA.

The Sixth Circuit has seen plenty of litigation going through the circuit and appellate level in recent years. From mergers & acquisitions, to recent reversals on lower-court cases, the circuit is highly influential in setting precedent in its own district, and throughout the US. The Sixth Circuit is also known for its high rate of reversals at the US Supreme Court level, as a total of 24 out of the 25 times, from October 2008 and ending in June 2013, cases were overturned, making it the highest overturn rate in the US.

The National Law Review covers a broad range of cases decided in the Sixth Circuit Government Surveillance, bankruptcy litigation, tax-court appeals, jurisdictional rights of parties to a lawsuit, class action lawsuits, opioid addiction and drug cases, and cases dealing with employee/employer lawsuits and employee rights. The National Law Review covers general information detailing appointments in the Sixth Circuit, Agency News (NLRB, EEOC, DOJ, DoD, etc.), and the latest lawsuits in the Circuit Court System.

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Nov 16 2015	Surgeon Not Entitled to USERRA Reinstatement When Employed for Brief Period, Court Finds	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct 5 2021	Ohio District Court Dismisses ERISA 401(k) Performance and Fee Putative Class Action	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar 19 2024	Sixth Circuit Rejects Two Methods for Computing Workers’ Vehicle Expenses for Minimum Wage Purposes	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep 10 2014	Ford Motor Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Telecommuting Case Still Running	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov 9 2016	Adkins v. Excel Mining: Employer’s Honest Belief That Employee Violated Drug Testing Policy Defeated ADA Claims	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr 28 2017	Unreliable Anonymous Tip Could Not Form Basis Of Reasonable Suspicion Drug Test By Public Employer	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct 11 2021	University Policy Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines for Student-Athletes Blocked by Sixth Circuit	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr 16 2014	Arbitration Clause Survives Termination of Contractor Agreement, Sixth Circuit Federal Court Rules	Jackson Lewis P.C.
May 19 2014	An Inconvenient ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Accommodation—Telecommuting	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr 14 2015	Common Sense Trumps EEOC’s Position in ADA Telework Case	Jackson Lewis P.C.
May 14 2015	Michigan Federal Court: Staffing Company’s Account Managers, Assistant Branch Manager, and Staffing Consultants Are Exempt Administrative Employees	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug 24 2015	Discrimination and Retaliation Claims of Nurse with Night Blindness May Proceed, Tennessee Federal Court Rules	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct 14 2015	Sixth Circuit Holds That Worm Farmers Exempt from Overtime Requirements of FLSA	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct 7 2019	U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on LGBTQ+ Workplace Protections under Title VII	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec 19 2013	Employer Must Ensure its Doctor’s Medical Opinion is “Thorough and/or Reasonable”	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul 25 2014	Maximizing The Use Of The “Chain Of Service” Doctrine To Defend Claims re: Tip Sharing	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb 15 2017	Breaks and Flexible Hours Not a Reasonable ADA Accommodation for Frequently Absent Employee, Court Holds	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug 18 2018	Employers Must Have Duties Based Reasons to Support the Assertion that Full-Time Attendance Is an Essential Job Function	Jackson Lewis P.C.
May 17 2019	Federal Court Allows Class Action Website Disability Access Case to Proceed Against An Employer	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug 18 2019	Circuit Split on Student’s Due Process Right to Cross-Examination in Title IX Matters	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul 16 2021	Waiver of USERRA Rights in General Release Agreements Must Be Specific, Tennessee Court Emphasizes	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar 16 2022	Government Vaccine Mandates	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec 20 2013	Nurse Practitioners with Same Medical Condition Not ‘Substantially Similar,’ Tennessee Federal Court Rules	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar 3 2014	No Private Right of Action under Tennessee Wage Regulation Act, Federal Court Rules	Jackson Lewis P.C.
May 21 2014	Where’s Barnett? “Two-Step” Analysis Missing in ADA Telecommuting Accommodation Case - Americans with Disabilities Act	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct 13 2014	Appeals Panel Upholds ALJ’s Ruling that Worker was an Employee	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun 29 2016	Employer’s Honest Belief That Employee Could Not Perform Job Due to Use of Opioid Medications Did Not Constitute Disability Discrimination	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan 4 2017	Sixth Circuit Federal Court Paves Way for Local ‘Right to Work’ Laws	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar 22 2017	Direct Evidence of Racist Remarks Dooms Employer Motion for Summary Judgment	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar 2 2018	Employee’s Failure to Engage in Interactive Process to Address His Use of Opioids Dooms His ADA Claims	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr 3 2019	DOT-Regulated Truck Driver’s Claims Dismissed Because He Could Not Prove “Shy Bladder” Condition	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb 7 2022	Use of Opioid Medications By Applicant For Forklift Job Was Not Sufficient to Deny Employment Without Individualized Assessment	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec 25 2013	Manual or Automatic? Transmission Type Matters for Leg Amputee in ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Essential Function Dispute	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun 17 2015	Circuits Split on Government Warrantless Search of Electronic Data	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep 13 2016	Michigan Federal Court Upholds Discharge of Transgender Employee	Jackson Lewis P.C.

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