The United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled this week that the city of Lebanon could not recoup electric utility undercharges that were the result of its own clerical error. The ruling from the federal court of appeals reversed that of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, which [...]
The United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit recently reversed a lower court’s ruling that denied summary judgment to the City of Bedford Heights on federal constitutional claims stemming from the death of a jail detainee. After Omar Arrington-Bey died of a heart attack in a Bedford Heights jail cell in 2013, his [...]
The United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled last week that an eight-year delay between and indictment and trial did not violate the due process rights of a defendant. The decision came after a three-judge appellate panel considered Ohio prisoner James Brenson’s appeal from the judgment of the U.S. District Court for [...]
The federal 6th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that investors in a now-bankrupt Ohio-based company failed to prove that company leadership violated the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 by materially misrepresenting the company’s finances. In the private securities litigation, investors argued that leadership at kitchenware manufacturer EveryWare Global Inc. took part in a [...]
The ringleader of a Florida-to-Ohio Oxycodone distribution operation recently lost his plea for a lower sentence in a federal court of appeals. Henry Tippett pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to conspiracy charges arising from the drug operation and appealed his 96-month prison sentence, which was on [...]
A federal court of appeals ruled this week that a woman’s role in a meth distribution ring was not so minimal as to warrant a reduction in her sentence. The defendant, Karla Ruiz, appealed from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, which denied her a mitigating role [...]
A Fostoria-based trucking company lost its case in the 10th District Court of Appeals last week when a panel of three judges found that the company was properly found to have violated Ohio unemployment compensation laws. MNH Truck Leasing Company is a limited liability company primarily in the business of freight brokerage and trucking services. [...]
A federal court of appeals recently ruled that the “voluminousness” of the government’s evidence against an Albanian immigrant who ran a massive fraudulent loan operation was “astounding.” A panel of three judges in the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit held that Gezim “Jimmy” Selgjekaj was properly convicted and sentenced to 25 [...]
SEATTLE (AP) — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is weighing the appeal of President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, is the federal appeals court conservatives have long ridiculed as the “nutty 9th” or the “9th Circus.” Covering a huge swath of territory — nine western states plus Guam — the San [...]
The 10th District Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the Ohio Court of Claims last week in a negligence case against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The suit, filed by Christopher Barksdale, alleged that the department was negligent when it assigned Barksdale to a top bunk despite his valid bottom bunk restriction. [...]