U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Recent News About U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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Appeals judge rules in opioid case with family ties, refuses to recuse herself
A prescription drug company says a federal appeals judge should have recused herself from a case because her husband and two of her children are attorneys at a law firm representing some of the plaintiffs. -
Attorney General Morrisey Wins Stay of OSHA Vaccine Mandate
Attorney General Morrisey Wins Stay of OSHA Vaccine Mandate. -
Nickerson, Greear and Scarr appointed to new intermediate appellate court
CHARLESTON – The first judges for the state’s new intermediate appellate court have been selected. -
Nickerson honored to be selected for Intermediate Court of Appeals judge position
CHARLESTON — Donald Nickerson Jr. said he is honored to be one of the first people selected for a seat on the bench of the new Intermediate Court of Appeals. -
Clients of crooked lawyer lose effort to get attorneys fees from feds
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – The federal government had reason to exclude medical reports from doctors involved in a lawyer’s social security scam, a federal court of appeals has ruled even though the attorney’s former clients have been given the chance to prove the reports are accurate. -
Pharmacies ask appeals court to remove judge from opioid MDL
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - Pharmacies have asked the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to remove the judge overseeing federal multidistrict opioid litigation, saying he has injected himself too far into the process by dictating which claims plaintiffs should file and appointing himself to decide the key issue of public nuisance in an upcoming bellwether trial. -
State AGs ask Sixth Circuit for control of opioid settlement talks
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – The top legal officials in several states are complaining that their powers have been stolen by the federal judge overseeing more than 2,000 opioid lawsuits. -
Late federal judge's estate provides $100,000 to WVSU scholarship fund
DUNBAR – The estate of a federal appeals court judge who graduated from West Virginia State University provided $100,000 to a scholarship fund established in his honor at the university. -
No luck for Ohio AG in attempt to halt first federal opioid trial
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court has turned away an attempt to halt the first federal opioid trial by ruling Thursday against Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, who is concerned cities and counties in his state have usurped his authority. -
Sixth Circuit seeks answers from judge as states try to derail opioid bellwether trial
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) – The judge overseeing nearly 2,000 opioid lawsuits must address concerns that the cases over which he is presiding are an improper power grab by plaintiffs lawyers who signed up cities and counties as clients. -
Manchin voices opposition to Readler nomination to federal appeals court
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said this week he was opposed to President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, Chad Readler. -
Newspapers want federal appeals court to unseal data about opioid crisis
CHARLESTON — Two newspaper companies have filed briefs in a federal appellate court in order to obtain information involving the opioid crisis. -
At last, someone’s regulating the regulators at the EPA
Morrisey was on the scene last week when acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced a proposed change that “would replace the Obama EPA’s 2015 definition with one that respects the limits of the Clean Water Act and provides states and landowners the certainty they need to manage their natural resources and grow local economies.” -
Thanks to POTUS, maybe WOTUS won't go to SCOTUS
A good headline may give readers a concise summary of the content to come or it may pique curiosity just enough to entice a further read, but a really good headline does both. How about that one above? It's a real humdinger, isn’t it? Probably you have no idea what the headline says. -
There's good news and bad news, and it's the same news
There must be parallel universes. That's the only logical explanation. We live in one universe, and some members of the mainstream media live in the other. How else to explain the discrepancy between what’s been reported and what we see with our own eyes? -
U.S. Senate fails to override Obama veto of resolution nullifying EPA ‘Waters’ rule
Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin both voted Thursday to override Obama’s veto. The Senate fell 15 votes short. -
House passes resolution nullifying EPA 'Waters of the U.S.' rule
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives, including West Virginia’s entire congressional delegation, on Jan. 13 approved a measure that would effectively kill the Environmental Protection Agency’s new “Waters of the United States” rule. The House voted 253-166, passing a resolution of disapproval to nullify the rule, which extends the federal agency’s authority to all bodies of water, no matter the size or frequency. Only one Republican – U.S. Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey – voted against -
Capito, Manchin vote to block ‘overreaching’ EPA ‘Waters’ rule
WASHINGTON – West Virginia’s Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin were among those U.S. senators who, on Tuesday, voted in favor of a measure that would effectively kill the Environmental Protection Agency’s new “Waters of the United States” rule. -
We won a battle, but the EPA war against West Virginia continues
Remember how Charlie Brown felt each time Lucy assured him that, this time, she really was going to hold the football for him to kick – and not pull it away at the last moment, causing him to fall flat on his back once again? -
W.Va. Farm Bureau cautiously hopeful about block on new EPA water rule
CHARLESTON – Members of the West Virginia Farm Bureau are cautiously hopeful after courts blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a new rule that many claim far overreaches the agency’s power. The rule, known as the “Waters of the United States” rule is an extension of the Clean Water Act, and would extend the EPA’s authority to all bodies of water, from large farms to citizens’ yards.