Controlled Buys Immediately Outside a Residence Create a “Minimally Sufficient Nexus” for Leon Good-Faith Reliance on Search Warrants 1. Introduction In United States v. Micah Courtney Gray (6th Cir....
Ends-of-Justice Continuances May Await Imminent En Banc Guidance When Reasons Are Clear from the Record — United States v. Willie David Lark (6th Cir. 2026) I. Introduction In United States v. Willie...
Sixth Circuit: Upward Variance May Rest on Unobjected-to Pretrial Detention Discipline and a District Court May Deem Resulting National Disparity “Warranted” 1. Introduction United States v. O'Shane...
Rule 4 Summary Dismissal Is Improper When Court-Generated Conflicting Notices Create a Plausible Equitable-Tolling Claim 1. Introduction In Kyle Millis v. Randee Rewerts (Sixth Circuit, July 9,...
Authorization Defeats Lanham Act § 1125(a) Unregistered Trademark Infringement (and Contract Ratification Bars IP “Theft” Torts) Case: Patrice Nelson v. MillerKnoll, Inc. Court: United States Court...
Federal Law Governs Prejudgment Interest on Fee Awards in Mixed Federal–State Settlements, and Trial Courts Must Explain the Math Behind Across-the-Board Hour Cuts Case: Morgan Pianko v. General R.V....
Probable Cause to Search a Vehicle When a Gun Was Last Seen Inside During an Apparent Assault, Even After the Suspect Flees I. Introduction In United States v. Jaeontae Moore (6th Cir. July 7, 2026)...
RLA Preclusion Is Accommodation-Specific: Odell Does Not Automatically Bar Vaccine-Mandate Accommodation Claims 1. Introduction In Andrew DesOrmeaux v. Kalitta Air, LLC (6th Cir. July 6, 2026)...
Continuance-and-Deposition Cure for Late-Disclosed Witnesses and Deference to Jury Credibility Under Rule 59 1. Introduction Garry Richardson v. City of Detroit, Michigan, Sergeant Mike Jackson...
Impossibility Makes “Fenced Jobsite” Coverage Preconditions Unenforceable in Ohio Property-Renovation Policies Case: 3371 Reading, LLC v. Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. Court: United States Court of...
Sovereign-Citizen Rhetoric Does Not Trigger Renewed Faretta or Competency Proceedings Absent Concrete Indicators of Incapacity I. Introduction In United States v. Lorin Kal Buckner (6th Cir. June 29,...
Probable Cause to Arrest for Ohio Aggravated Menacing Is Not Defeated by an Unresolved Stand-Your-Ground Claim; No Sixth Circuit “Staged Perp Walk” Fourth Amendment Privacy Tort I. Introduction Case:...
Objective “Legitimate Medical Purpose/Usual Course” Criteria Remain Valid to Prove Post-Ruan Mens Rea Under the CSA; Masked-Witness Confrontation Claims Require Prejudice on Plain-Error Review I....
Reasoned Union Investigation and Declination to Arbitrate Is Not “Arbitrary” in Hybrid § 301 Actions I. Introduction In Marcus Pierce v. Schwebel Baking Co., the Sixth Circuit addressed a common...
Voluntary Absence Waives Presence and Allocution at Resentencing; Law-of-the-Case Bars New Quantity Challenges After Limited Remand I. Introduction In United States v. Wendell Adrian Brown (6th Cir....
State Environmental Enforcement Claims May Be Severed and Remanded After Third-Party Federal-Officer Removal; Law-of-the-Case Bars Renewed “Acting Under” Theory I. Introduction In Mich. Dep't of...
Qualified Immunity for Arrest-Injury During Attempted Warrantless Home Entry Requires Fact-Pattern “Particularized” Excessive-Force Precedent 1. Introduction Dana Little v. City of Owensboro,...
Background-Investigation Evidence in Drug Conspiracies and “Good Cause” Limits on Substituting Appointed Counsel I. Introduction United States v. Freddie Sanchez (6th Cir. June 29, 2026) arises from...
United States v. Freddie Sanchez: “Background Evidence” Outside Rule 404(b) in Drug Conspiracy Trials and the “Good Cause” Threshold for Substituting Appointed Counsel 1. Introduction In United...
Sovereign-Citizen-Style Filings Do Not Trigger Renewed Faretta or Competency Proceedings Absent a “Deeper Breakdown in Cognitive Ability” Introduction In United States v. Lorin Kal Buckner (6th Cir....