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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Dec
10
2013
Maximum Leave Policy Upheld; ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Claim Rejected Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
10
2013
Sixth Circuit Crack Cocaine Sentencing Decision Also Relevant to Civil Practitioners Varnum LLP
Dec
6
2013
Challenging Department of Treasury Regulations After Mayo and Home Concrete McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
5
2013
Judges Lobbying the Supreme Court on Jurisdiction? Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
28
2013
BitTorrent Participants Improperly Joined in Same Suit Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
Nov
25
2013
Family Medical Leave Act "FMLA" Does Not Trump Common Sense Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
19
2013
Copyright Owners: Keep Your Eye on the Road Bracewell LLP
Nov
14
2013
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Another Victory For Employers Seeking to Avoid Class Actions Mintz
Nov
13
2013
Facebook Friends & Workplace Enemies, cont. McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Nov
6
2013
Sixth Circuit Upholds Rule 11 Sanctions for “Meritless” Medical Monitoring Claims Beveridge & Diamond PC
Nov
4
2013
Solar Bankruptcy Trustee Sues for $950 Million Varnum LLP
Oct
31
2013
Informal Layoff Decision Survives Age Discrimination Claim - But You May Not Want To Try This At Home Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
28
2013
Sixth Circuit Requires Expert Testimony to Prove Causation in Paper Mill Nuisance Case Beveridge & Diamond PC
Oct
23
2013
Recent Case Opens Door to Civil Enforcement Claims for Negligent Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) Tax Withholding McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
15
2013
Detroit Nurses Object to Sixth Circuit Reviewing Class Certification Decision McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
12
2013
Another Criminal Background Case, Another Blow To The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
10
2013
U.S. Tax Court: 90 Days Is 90 Days, Shutdown or Not McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
10
2013
District Court Dismisses Complaint Against BlackRock and iShares for Excessive Securities Lending Fees Vedder Price
Oct
9
2013
Supreme Court Will Hear Quality Stores Case McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Oct
5
2013
Hearsay Exceptions Apply in Copyright Dispute over Gospel Classic “I’ll Fly Away” McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
21
2013
Sixth Circuit Agrees: No Preliminary Injunction in Affordable Care Act (ACA) “Contraceptive Mandate” Case Varnum LLP
Sep
20
2013
Sixth Circuit Rejects Claim Preclusion Where Fraudulent Conduct Concealed in a Prior Action Katten
Sep
16
2013
Sixth Circuit: Social Workers Entitled to Qualified Immunity Because Law Not Sufficiently Clear Varnum LLP
Sep
13
2013
Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Shareholder Class Action Due to Plaintiff’s Failure to Plead Recklessness Katten
Sep
12
2013
Decertification 101 Re: Employment Litigation Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sep
11
2013
Plaintiff Cheering, But Many Sneering Recent 6th Circuit Jury Verdict Re: Defamation McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Sep
6
2013
Seventh Circuit Sides with Sixth Circuit in Stern Bankruptcy Split Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
4
2013
Federal Court Dismisses BlackRock Securities Lending Case Faegre Drinker
Sep
3
2013
American Axle Defeats Trade Secret Lawsuit by Dana Re: Automotive Parts Suppliers Varnum LLP
Aug
27
2013
Sixth Circuit Affirms that Michigan’s Panhandling Statute is Unconstitutional Varnum LLP
Aug
27
2013
You May Have More Employees Than You Think (Part II) Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
26
2013
No Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Enforcement Can be Admissible Evidence in a Products Liability Case Mintz
Aug
22
2013
Location of Defendant’s Principal Place of Business a “Critical and Controlling Consideration” in Motion to Transfer Venue in Patent Infringement Case Varnum LLP
Aug
22
2013
Sixth Circuit Approves National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Micro-Bargaining Units Faegre Drinker
Aug
22
2013
Sixth Circuit Counts Paid Volunteers As Employees Under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
19
2013
Sixth Circuit Upholds National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Specialty Healthcare “Micro-Union” Decision Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
19
2013
Mere Reference to Potential Federal Claim in Exhibit to Complaint Insufficient to Create Federal Question Jurisdiction Varnum LLP
Aug
14
2013
Employee Benefits in the Wake of Windsor, cont. McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Aug
13
2013
Sixth Circuit: No Way to Agree to Shorten Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Statute of Limitations Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
12
2013
Sixth Circuit Clarifies that Michigan Law Does Not Always Apply in Federal Courts in Michigan—Finds Product Liability Suit Barred by Tennessee Law Varnum LLP
Aug
5
2013
Sixth Circuit Affirms Decision to Enforce Arbitration Provision in Retiree Benefit Dispute Katten
Aug
2
2013
Two Federal Courts Recognize Same-Sex Spousal Rights for Residents of States Not Permitting Same-Sex Marriage McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
31
2013
Off-Hand Comment by Low-Level Supervisor Not Enough to Establish Age Discrimination Varnum LLP
Jul
31
2013
Internet Evidence - Part III: Hearsay Exceptions Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
Jul
27
2013
Sixth Circuit Reaffirms Class Certification in Light of Amgen and Comcast Katten
Jul
25
2013
Question of Fact Exists Whether Officer Had Probable Cause to Arrest a Man Sleeping in a Car for DUI; Judges Grapple Over Standard of Review on Interlocutory Appeal Varnum LLP
Jul
19
2013
Western District of Michigan Joins Courts Strictly Enforcing Telephone Consumer Protection Act Varnum LLP
Jul
18
2013
Restaurant’s Accountants Not Responsible for Employee’s Allegedly False Form W-2 Varnum LLP
Jul
11
2013
Farming Solar Rays: County Decision to Approve Industrial-Scale Solar on Williamson Act Lands OK'd Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
11
2013
Snooping Supervisor Created Liability for Employer Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
 

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