Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals News

A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling and threw out tax claims by Oakland County against the federally charted mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The ruling expands the FSA, which that lessened penalties for possession and dealing, to people whose cases happened before the law's passage, potentially opening the door for thousands of inmates to request reduced prison time from federal judges.

The title of this post is the headline of this new commentary by Ed Whelan at the National Review Online concerning yesterday's suprising split panel ruling by the Sixth Circuit in US v. Blewett , No.

A federal appeals court has ruled that anyone serving prison time in a crack cocaine case should get a new sentence under a law lessening the sentences for offenders.

Uwe Romeike works with Lydia, Josua and Christian during their home schooling session in the dining room of their home in Morristown, Tenn., on April 2, 2009.

The law has long protected Americans against warrantless wiretapping of their phone calls.

Kwame Kilpatrick took his fight for freedom to a federal appeals court Thursday, arguing that he is not a flight risk or a danger to the community and is vulnerable to a prison attack due to a bum knee.

The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Knoxville district court in ruling a defendant's confession was not voluntary.

A former Ohio CEO convicted of inflating stock prices and losing investors millions cried Wednesday as he tried to convince a judge that he doesn't deserve more than one week in prison, arguing that he never meant to hurt anyone and that he's in financial ruin.

A man accused of holding a hostage and threatening to bomb Westland City Hall has been charged in the incident.

'I'm one of those guys that believes we have an obligation or a responsibility when we can to have... A convicted killer who persuaded a federal judge in Detroit to release him on bond during his appeal, but then cut off his tether and fled the state, is back behind bars, the U.S. Marshals Service announced Wednesday.

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the Obama administration's refusal to grant asylum to a German homeschooling family.

Convicted art gallery owner Sherry Washington lost her appeal Tuesday of a seven-year prison sentence for raiding more than $3 million from the Detroit Public Schools.

A federal appeals court has denied asylum to a Christian family that fled Germany because that country does not allow home schooling.

The Romeike family lost their appeal case today, May 14, 2013. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Obama Administration's challenge to their asylum.

Two police officers are being sued because they entered Charles Smith's home after he stole a $14.99 phone charger from Walgreens.

This morning the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided Romeike v. Holder .

The Supreme Court's running feud with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit resumed Monday with the justices' decision to grant review in a Tennessee case involving civil rights complaints filed by prison inmates.

A Michigan couple sentenced to prison for stealing General Motors hybrid-car technology trade secrets filed appeals Friday with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.

The former head of an Ohio computer sales company sentenced to one week in prison for inflating stock prices and losing investors millions could now face a sentence of up to 10 years -- the result of a federal appeals court ruling that his first prison term was "drastically" light.