Is the Sixth Circuit Choosing Reversal over Duty?
In dissent from denial of en banc rehearing, Judge Griffin notes the recent history of Supreme Court reversals of Sixth Circuit habeas decisions.
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Sixth Circuit Issues Two En Banc Habeas Decisions in Four Days
In two slightly different line-ups, the en banc court denied two habeas claims 9-7.
Why Do People Keep Overlooking the Sixth Circuit?
Contrary to what some claim, the Sixth Circuit was the first federal appellate court to issue a ruling on the merits of the CDC eviction moratorium.
Sixth Circuit Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Mandatory Bar Membership in Michigan
Judge Thapar writes separately to note such requirements remain vulnerable under existing precedent.
Sixth Circuit Takes Bump Stock Case En Banc
What seems like a gun rights case actually presents some important questions of administrative law.
Sixth Circuit Enjoins Use of Race and Sex Preferences for Coronavirus Relief Funding
A divided panel grants a preliminary injunction against privileging relief applications based on the race or sex of the applicant.
Perhaps the Shortest Standing Opinion You'll Ever Read
The Sixth Circuit made quick work of a district court opinion concluding Ohio lacked standing to sue for overdue Census data.
Unpublished Sixth Circuit Decision Comments on U.S. Immigration Policy
A senior judge assails U.S. immigration policy and prompts a sharp response.
Sixth Circuit Grants Habeas Petition for Lower's Court's Objectively Unreasonable Application of the Confrontation Clause
A liberal result (granting a criminal defendant's habeas petition) from a quite conservative judge (John Bush).
Is SCOTUS Getting Ready to Reverse the Sixth Circuit in a Habeas Case Yet Again?
Today's grant of certiorari in Brown v. Davenport suggests we will see yet another Supreme Court reversal of a Sixth Circuit grant of a habeas petition.
Seems Like Old Times for the Sixth Circuit at SCOTUS
This morning's summary reversal of a habeas petition grant in Mays v. Hines.