A man who, along with his accomplices, stole nearly $100,000 in diamonds from several Jared jewelry stores in six states properly received an enhanced sentence based on his “perpetual relocation to avoid law enforcement,” the Sixth Circuit ruled. The man argued that his practice of returning to his home base in Toledo, Ohio, did not amount to “relocation.”
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The Sixth Circuit refused Tuesday to reinstate a Kentucky law that would require physicians to perform a so-called fetal demise procedure before a standard second trimester abortion, ruling the law imposes a significant burden on women seeking abortions.
Read moreA Sixth Circuit panel on Friday upheld a federal judge’s denial of immunity to the city of Flint, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and numerous other local and state officials in a class-action lawsuit brought by residents affected by the Flint water crisis.
Read moreTennessee’s policy of suspending the driver’s licenses of people who have failed to pay fines for certain traffic violations does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment, the Sixth Circuit ruled, noting that its ruling on a nearly identical Michigan policy controls the disposition of the case.
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An Ohio man convicted of murder in 1986 is intellectually disabled and therefore cannot be executed based on Supreme Court precedent, a unanimous Sixth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday.
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday announced a settlement to resolve a lawsuit on behalf of children in Detroit that described slum-like conditions in some public school buildings and a general atmosphere that could not competently deliver education to students.
Read moreA man who was wrongfully arrested and held for 15 days in jail was improperly awarded $3.5 million in damages against his arresting officer, the Sixth Circuit ruled, finding that he “sued the wrong man.” The arresting officer couldn’t predict how other officers and jailers would fail to discover the man’s true identity.
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The Sixth Circuit breathed new life into a contentious copyright dispute between Don Everly and the successors of his late brother, Phil Everly, over authorship of the duo’s 1960 hit, “Cathy’s Clown,” which went on to become their best-selling single.
Read moreThe Sixth Circuit ruled Saturday to allow a Kentucky church to hold drive-in services, but declined to completely halt Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s temporary mass gathering ban.
Read moreThe Sixth Circuit on Saturday declined to block the Kentucky governor’s temporary ban on massing gatherings from applying to in-person religious services.
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A Sixth Circuit panel ruled Thursday that a “basic minimum education” is a constitutional right and breathed new life into claims brought by a class of Detroit-area students who say they were denied fundamental access to literacy as a result of the city’s crumbling public school system.
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The “restless specter” of the 21st Amendment allows Michigan to impose separate regulations on out-of-state alcohol retailers, including a ban on direct wine shipments to consumers, the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Read moreA constitutional challenge to eligibility criteria for individuals who wish to serve on Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission was rejected by the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday when a panel affirmed a decision by a federal judge.
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Handing a loss to the United Auto Workers, the Sixth Circuit on Friday upheld a Michigan judge’s decision that over 4,700 retired Honeywell International employees are not entitled to lifetime health benefits from the company.
Read moreOrdering a retrial of Terrance Craig, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm after his involvement in a high-speed shootout, the Sixth Circuit ruled that the government had no legal basis to show the jury an unadmitted video exhibit depicting a masked person rapping and holding a firearm.
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Michigan argued before the Sixth Circuit on Thursday that a law preventing out-of-state wine merchants from making direct shipments to its residents does not violate the U.S. Constitution’s commerce clause.
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The en banc Sixth Circuit heard arguments Wednesday over Ohio’s ban on abortions involving fetuses with Down syndrome, with abortion providers again fighting to prevent the law from taking effect.
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Tennessee argued before a Sixth Circuit panel Tuesday to overturn an injunction requiring the state to give people indigency hearings before it can suspend their driver’s license for nonpayment of a traffic debt.
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A Sixth Circuit panel on Tuesday decertified a class of Ohio voters incarcerated shortly before Election Day and ruled the state is allowed to handle their absentee ballots differently than those received from hospital-bound voters.
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