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Federal Courts Opinion Isn't Fact: SCOTUS Reverses 6th Cir on Securities Fraud

Opinion Isn't Fact: SCOTUS Reverses 6th Cir on Securities Fraud

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

When is an opinion that turns out to be wrong an untrue statement of fact? Only when it is not sincerely held, the Supreme Court ruled last week in a...

Federal Courts Failure to Reference Sentencing Guidelines Not Fatal

Failure to Reference Sentencing Guidelines Not Fatal

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

A Mexican citizen who pled guilty to violating U.S. immigration law cannot have his sentence overturned because the district court failed to directly reference...

Federal Courts No Qualified Immunity for Police Who Stunned Ohio Man for 26 Seconds

No Qualified Immunity for Police Who Stunned Ohio Man for 26 Seconds

By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

One town over from where your author grew up lies the City of Painesville, Ohio, where in 2010, Painesville police officers electrocuted David Lee Nall with a...

Federal Courts Monitoring Radio Doesn't Turn Meal Breaks Into Work Time: 6th Cir.

Monitoring Radio Doesn't Turn Meal Breaks Into Work Time: 6th Cir.

By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Meal breaks are generally supposed to be a time when employees aren't working. After all, if they're working during their break, then it's not really a break,...

Federal Courts 6th Cir. Year in Review: Top 10 Blog Posts of 2014

6th Cir. Year in Review: Top 10 Blog Posts of 2014

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Let's play a word association game. I say "Sixth Circuit." You say ... First circuit to rule against gay marriage since Windsor. A circuit that battles the...

Federal Courts Prison Guards' Overtime Suit Dismissed, Despite Novel Arguments

Prison Guards' Overtime Suit Dismissed, Despite Novel Arguments

By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Sixth Circuit today batted away a labor suit brought by the Michigan Corrections Organization, a union of prison correction officers, against the Michigan...

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