A class of former and current juvenile inmates housed with adults who say they are exposed to an increased risk of sexual and physical assaults argued before the Sixth Circuit on Thursday to revive their civil rights claims.
Read moreA Michigan city’s ordinance that required some residents to connect their home’s drainage systems to the municipal storm-sewer system and install sump pumps was challenged Wednesday as unconstitutional before a Sixth Circuit panel that appeared unlikely to rule in their favor.
Read moreCalling it “an accident waiting to happen,” the man who built Tennessee’s electric chair told Courthouse News that modifications made to the machine may not do an effective job in Thursday night’s planned execution of a double murderer.
Read moreThe Sixth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Ohio’s elections board must count provisional ballots cast in next week’s midterm election by residents who were purged from voter rolls between 2011 and 2015.
Read moreThe Department of Justice is turning to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge a ruling that a funeral home illegally fired a transgender woman for disclosing her male-to-female transition and planning to dress in a female uniform at work.
Read moreThe constitutionality of several Kentucky campaign finance laws was debated Thursday morning before a Sixth Circuit panel, with the state’s attorney general arguing they are necessary to maintain citizens’ confidence in the government.
Read moreA group of strippers argued Wednesday morning before a Sixth Circuit panel to undo the approval of a class-action settlement with their employers for wage violations.
Read moreThe Sixth Circuit heard arguments Tuesday in a case brought by liberal political commentators and conservative activists challenging the constitutionality of Ohio’s law against online harassment, claiming it criminalizes protected speech.
Read moreA Bernie Sanders supporter argued Tuesday before the Sixth Circuit to overturn a lower court decision finding that she was not defamed by actor James Woods’ tweet misidentifying her as an “agitator” making a Nazi salute at a Donald Trump campaign rally.
Read moreThe Sixth Circuit on Wednesday stayed the execution of Edmund Zagorski, whom Tennessee planned to kill by lethal injection Thursday evening.
Read moreA group of protesters removed from a country ham breakfast at the 2015 Kentucky State Fair challenged their arrests as unconstitutional before the Sixth Circuit on Thursday.
Read moreThe decision of a Sixth Circuit panel to strike down an Ohio law that revokes health care funding from abortion providers was debated before the en banc court on Wednesday.
Read moreAn attorney for Michigan argued on Wednesday before a Sixth Circuit panel to overturn an injunction that prevents the state from suspending the licenses of drivers who don’t pay traffic fines.
Read moreA Michigan city’s practice of “chalking” car tires to enforce parking regulations was challenged in the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday, after a resident claimed the system is a violation of her Fourth Amendment rights akin to GPS monitoring.
Read moreJournalists and a group of Ohio inmates who led a riot at Lucasville Prison failed to persuade the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday to strike down a policy forbidding in-person interviews.
Read moreThe Sixth Circuit ruled Monday that utilities in Tennessee and Kentucky did not violated the Clean Water Act when contaminents in coal ash ponds at their facilities leached in the local groundwater.
Read moreThe Sixth Circuit ruled Wednesday that cereal giant Kellogg must arbitrate a dispute over contract bonuses brought by a union representing “casual” employees who fill in for full-time workers.
Read moreThe Sixth Circuit on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought against President Donald Trump by a group of protesters forcibly removed from a Kentucky campaign rally, finding that Trump’s call to “get ‘em out of here” did not rise to the level of inciting a riot.
Read moreIn a decision that could change how colleges handle sexual assault and misconduct cases, the Sixth Circuit ruled that university officials must give accused students the opportunity to cross-examine witnesses.
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