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Sixth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity for Prison Officials
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Prisoners lose most of the pro se appeals that we read, but today, we have a rare example of a prisoner winning in an appellate court. The Sixth Circuit Court...
Company Challenges Epic Tobacco Settlement in Sixth Circuit
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Tobacco companies don't like Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the Mississippi plaintiff's attorney famous for leading 46 states toward a $246 billion tobacco...
ADF and ACLU Spar in Julea Ward Free Speech Rights Case
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Do First Amendment free speech rights cover a counseling student’s right to refuse to speak to someone? The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments...
Sixth Circuit: No Habeas Relief From Procedural Default
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an Ohio man’s death sentence yesterday, finding that procedural default barred his habeas corpus petition. In 1985,...
Conspiracy Theory? Sixth Circuit Denies Cop Qualified Immunity
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Let's say you have an employee who leaves his job. Things become awkward between the two of you. What would you do? Normal people would simply avoid each...
Tennis Ball Toxin Suspect's Civil Rights Claim Bounced from Court
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Sometimes we think there is no issue too small for appellate court review. Take, for instance, Fisher v Dodson, an Ohio civil rights claim considered in the...
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Joseph Fawbush, Esq.
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Vaidehi Mehta, Esq.
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Kit Yona, M.A.
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Mariana Petersen
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