Repeated Supervised-Release Breaches and Similar Recidivism Can Justify an Above-Guidelines Revocation Sentence Outside the “Mine-Run” Commentary on United States v. Dedrick Anthony Taylor (6th Cir....
Municipal Contract Equal-Protection Claims Follow Title VII Proof Framework, and Non–Decision-Maker “Alert” Emails Are Not Direct Evidence of Discrimination 1. Introduction In Speed Way Trans., LLC...
Political Party Executive Committees Must Register as Political Issues Committees for Ballot-Measure Spending: Registration Treated as Disclosure Subject to Exacting Scrutiny Introduction In Boone...
Sixth Circuit Requires Mixed-Motives Nexus Analysis for Family-Based PSG Claims Tied to Control of a Family Business, and Demands Consideration of Police Infiltration/Retaliation Evidence in the...
Sixth Circuit Reaffirms § 922(g)(1) Under Bruen: As-Applied Relief Turns on a Defendant’s Failure to Prove “Not Actually Dangerous” 1. Introduction In United States v. James Watson (6th Cir. Mar. 17,...
COA Denial Where Appellate-IAC “Cause” Fails: Sixth Circuit Rejects “Dead-Bang Winner” Framing and Applies Reasonable-Probability Standard Case: Robert Dennis v. Michael Burgess (6th Cir. Mar. 17,...
Section 402(j)(5) Applies Only When Misinformation Causes a Failure to File—Not an Early Filing That Reduces Monthly Benefits 1. Introduction In Paula Linden v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. (6th Cir. Mar. 17,...
Establishing Article III Standing in Gambling Loss Recovery: A New Precedent on Non-Assignment of Qui Tam Rights under Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-19-105 Introduction In a significant ruling issued on March...
“Any Other Person” Gambling-Loss Suits Under Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-19-105 Lack Article III Standing in Federal Court Absent Personal Loss (Not Qui Tam) Sixth Circuit (Gibbons, J.) — March 16, 2025 —...
“Any Other Person” Gambling-Loss Plaintiffs Lack Article III Standing in Federal Court: Tennessee Code Ann. § 29-19-105 Is Not Qui Tam 1. Introduction In Sandra Tucker Duckworth v. Yellow Social...
“Any Other Person” Is Not Enough: Tennessee Gambling-Loss Suits Under § 29-19-105 Lack Article III Standing in Federal Court Absent Concrete Personal Harm or a True Qui Tam/Assignment 1. Introduction...
“Any Other Person” Gambling-Loss Actions Under Tenn. Code § 29-19-105 Do Not Confer Federal Article III Standing (and Removed Cases Must Be Remanded) Court: United States Court of Appeals for the...
Interlocutory Qualified-Immunity Appeals Fail When They Require Revisiting Disputed Facts (Hulon v. City of Lansing) 1. Introduction Heather Hulon v. City of Lansing, Michigan arises from the April...
White v. Plappert: AEDPA Forbids “Flyspecking” State Strickland Decisions and Tightens Capital-Mitigation Habeas Review Court Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Date March 14, 2025 Case Karu Gene...
Establishing the Limits of “Reasonable Accommodation” in School Transportation: A Comprehensive Analysis of Carter County Board of Education v. B.S. Introduction This commentary examines the United...
New Precedent on Search Warrant Affidavits: Assessing Informant Reliability and the Limits of Franks Hearings Introduction The case of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JAMES DUTTON, heard by the United...
Differentiating Nexus and Acquiescence Requirements in Immigration Relief Claims: The Patel Precedent Introduction The case of Bhavanaben Dineshkumar Patel; Dineshkumar Madhavlal Patel; Ilen Patel;...
Affirming the Balance: Procedural and Substantive Reasonableness in Sentencing for Repeated Immigration Violations Introduction The judgment in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. GUADALUPE HERNANDEZ-RIOS...
Materiality in Evidence Disclosure: Affirming the Immateriality of Cumulative Impeachment Testimony Introduction This commentary examines the judgment delivered in the case of Rodrigues Talbert v....
Demarcating Appellate Rights: The Imperative of Formal Intervention for Non-Parties Introduction In the recent opinion delivered by Circuit Judge Julia Smith Gibbons on March 11, 2025, for the United...