The Latest Breaking News from Sixth Circuit

Frothy fonts, unprofessional death threats, and books about butts and farts.

A right to go down in flames, a machete confrontation, and a jury that only goes up to eleven.

River rides, purple robes, and aesthetic injuries.

From Judge Linda Parker's opinion Thursday in U.S. v. Markovitz (E.D. Mich.); the defendant is the author of Topless Prophet: The True Story of America's Most Successful Gentleman's Club Entrepreneur, though the criminal case appears unrelated to the book: Charles Blackwell initiated this miscellaneous action to unseal the sentencing memoranda…

Neighborhood character, three-judge district court panels, and a moldy office.

Sovereign neighbors, voting particulars, and a qualified baptism.

Nuclear waste, river cruises, and an exploding toilet.

As Eugene has noted below, the Court issued its opinions today in two cases about the First Amendment status of the social media posts of government officials. One technical but interesting note is the way that the Court ends its opinion in Lindke: To the extent that this test differs…

From Koe v. Univ. Hospitals Health Systems, Inc., decided yesterday by the Sixth Circuit (Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton, Judge Alan Norris, and Judge Eugene Siler): Koe was a medical resident at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center from June 2019 until he was discharged in April 2021, ostensibly…

Final decisions, accidental strip searches, and puppycide.

Dishwashers, Nazi-looted art, and an ag-gag mixed bag.