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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May
29
2020
Class Action Litigation Newsletter Spring 2020 - Fourth Circuit, Fifth Circuit, Sixth Circuit Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
28
2020
Coronavirus Update: PPP Guarantees Loans for Sexually-Oriented Small Businesses Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
27
2020
Sixth Circuit stays injunction in Ohio pandemic voting rights case Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
26
2020
COVID-19, Executive Authority and Fundamental Rights: What Do the Courts Say? Faegre Drinker
May
26
2020
Missed Marks: Court Transfers Carpet Bagging TCPA Class for Improper Attempt to Bend Venue Rules to Take Advantage of 9th Circuit Case Law Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
23
2020
Rolls-Royce Seeks to Resolve Circuit Split on Whether District Courts Can Order Discovery For Use in Private Arbitration Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
22
2020
Big Loss for Quicken: Mortgage Origination Giant Stuck in Robocall Class Action After Court Refuses to Dismiss TCPA Claim Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
22
2020
Covid E-Signature Voter Case on (Very) Fast Track from Ohio to En Banc Review? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
19
2020
Sua Sponte En Banc Rehearing Granted in Right-to-Education Case Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
19
2020
Willfulness Allegation, Failure to Appear Lead to Nondischargeable Judgment McDermott Will & Emery
May
14
2020
Michigan Settlement Attempts to Moot Potential En Banc Review of Right-to-Literacy Ruling Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
8
2020
BIG TCPA TROUBLE?: Seller Sues Marketer Via Counterclaim for (Allegedly) Supplying Fraudulent TCPA Consent Leading to Class Action Lawsuit Troutman Amin, LLP
May
7
2020
COVID-19 Related Workplace Litigation Tracker - June 19 , 2020 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
4
2020
Sixth Circuit Says Students Can Waive Title IX Due Process Rights Wiggin and Dana LLP
May
4
2020
Supreme Court to Review Split Sixth Circuit Decision on Judicial Review of Agency Guidance Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
1
2020
Coronavirus Update: Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference Rescheduled for June 2021 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
1
2020
Opioid Update: Judge Kethledge Reclaims Solitude—and Civil Procedure Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
27
2020
Sixth Circuit Holds Due Process Guarantees Right To Access Literacy Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
15
2020
COVID-19 Update: COVID-19 and the Courts: Part II How Appellate Court Procedures Are Changing and What May Be Here to Stay Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Apr
13
2020
Always. Check. Jurisdiction. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
13
2020
Sixth Circuit Holds Insurers Have Duty to Defend City in Malicious Prosecution Action Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
7
2020
Sixth Circuit Concludes That an FLSA Plaintiff Must Do More Than Estimate Overtime Hours Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Apr
7
2020
“Twisted” Path to New Trial for Dr. Paulus Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
6
2020
Sixth Circuit Adopts “Inaccurate or Misleading” Standard in Case Regarding Fired Uber Driver Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
2
2020
Litigating in Michigan: A Guide for General Counsel on Court Closures and New Orders Varnum LLP
Apr
2
2020
Copier Victor Victorious: Sixth Circuit Clarifies Plaintiffs’ Evidentiary Burden in FLSA Cases Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
27
2020
Coronavirus Update: 6th Circuit Conference Postponed to 2021 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
25
2020
Actual Cash Value: Is the Cost of Labor Part of Depreciation? The Courts Are Divided Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
25
2020
Sixth Circuit Issues ADA Work-from-Home Decision, Right Before We All Start Working from Home Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
18
2020
Court Directs FCC To Report On Pending Lucas Petition Status Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
16
2020
Coronavirus Update: The latest from Sixth Circuit Courthouses Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
13
2020
A Busy Sixth Circuit in “an Alice in Wonderland world” Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
9
2020
Lucas TCPA Journey Takes Latest Turn Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
5
2020
A New TCPA Low?: Dismissed Fax Blast TCPA Case Sought to Hold an Attorney Liable for a Fax he Didn’t Send or Even Know About Troutman Amin, LLP
Feb
27
2020
Sixth Circuit Adds its Voice to the post-Janus Chorus: Good-Faith Defense Applies to Union “Fair-Share” Fees Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 

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