Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit was established in 1891 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The court has appellate jurisdiction over courts in the following districts:

President William Howard Taft was once a sitting judge on the court, the only person to have also held the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and President of the United States.

Browse Opinions From the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Recent Decisions From the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Danny Hill
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 20-3863
Harris v. City of Saginaw, Michigan  
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-1504, 22-1505

Justia Opinion Summary: Harris went to the store, argued with a clerk, left the store, and entered the laundromat next door where his friend, Henderson, worked. Harris asserts that while he was between the buildings, the clerk came out, pointed…

Latherian Harris v. City of Saginaw, Mich.
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1505
Bria Blackmon v. Shawn Brewer
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1636
Morgan v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee  
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-5200

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2019, Morgan began employment as Disciplinary Counsel for the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. During a disciplinary proceeding, Manookian, whose law license had been suspended,…

United States v. Kedrick Ross
Date: March 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-5252
Moss v. Miniard  
Date: March 17, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1655

Justia Opinion Summary: Moss purchased cocaine from a DEA informant and was charged with possession with intent to deliver 1,000 or more grams of cocaine and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Moss’s first attorney moved…

Knox County, Tenn. v. M.Q.
Date: March 17, 2023
Docket Number: 21-5556
Luke Waid v. Richard Snyder
Date: March 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1185
Luke Waid v. Richard Snyder
Date: March 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1197
Waid v. Snyder  
Date: March 17, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-1605, 22-1185, 22-1197

Justia Opinion Summary: Following the Flint Water Crisis, thousands of cases were brought for the various harms minors, adults, property owners, and business owners endured as a result of lead-contaminated water. Putative class action lawsuits…

Knox County, Tennessee v. M.Q.  
Date: March 17, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-5268, 22-5556

Justia Opinion Summary: M.Q., a student attending public school in Knox County, Tennessee, was diagnosed with autism. M.Q. is largely nonverbal and has developmental delays in communication skills, social/emotional behavior, and pre-vocational…

Cash-Darling v. Recycling Equipment, Inc.  
Date: March 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-5346

Justia Opinion Summary: Cash died when a hammermill shredder exploded at his workplace. The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) determined that the explosion was primarily caused by the accumulation of combustible…

Jennifer Hall v. Terry Carl
Date: March 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-5702
United States v. Simmonds  
Date: March 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3072

Justia Opinion Summary: Simmonds ran a drug-trafficking conspiracy. During traffic stops, officers seized large quantities of fentanyl from co-conspirators acting under Simmonds’s instructions. Investigators also searched an apartment and four…

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