JURIST

JULY 17, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected Thursday a challenge to the mandatory membership requirements imposed by the State Bar of Michigan. Lucille Taylor, a lawyer from Michigan, challenged the state bar membership mandate on the grounds that it violates her freedom of association.

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Law 360

MARCH 27, 2025

A Michigan packaging company's tax exemption appeal was properly dismissed by the state Tax Tribunal over a lack of jurisdiction, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled, overturning an appellate court decision.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2025

As is frequently the case when the court denies review in cases that have been relisted repeatedly, denial occasioned dissent, this time from Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch. The court relisted Escobar back in June 2024 and has been holding it ever since, pending the resolution of Glossip. 28 and Mar.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 10, 2024

Supreme Court ruled that public officials may be held liable for their social media activity in certain circumstances. In 2014, Freed updated his Facebook page to reflect his position as city manager of Port Huron, Michigan. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. In Lindke v. Freed , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

He once hosted a former student from Florida at his lakeside vacation house in Michigan, where he claimed on his Facebook page that they “solved a murder.” A police chief in Michigan said Harpster’s class paid off immediately after a man called 911 and said he had just found his mother and sister dead. “He He did it!!”.

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Patently O

MARCH 24, 2022

Editors note – I invited Professor Nina Mendelson (University of Michigan Law School) to author a guest post after reading her 2020 Admin. Hirshfeld has the legal power to fulfill the expanded job as required by the Supreme Court’s decision. The leading Supreme Court decision, United States v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

Thus, starting in 1988 (when, as part of broader reforms to the court’s docket, Congress eliminated the ability to directly appeal to the Supreme Court district court decisions striking down state or federal statutes), the practice became all but moribund.

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