The Sixth Circuit’s recent decision in Benalcazar v. Genoa Township, — F.3d — (6th Cir. June 10, 2021), provides a nugget in the law of Federal Courts regarding consent decrees. It’s also interesting from an appellate-practice perspective. The case concerned a zoning dispute. Landowners in an Ohio township sought to rezone their rural acreage for … Continue Reading
With its first issue published yesterday, the Ohio State Law Journal’s new Sixth Circuit Review is meant to be a “digital public square” for discussion of Sixth Circuit cases and longer-term circuit trends. The new online-only publication invites all—whether practitioners, academics, judges or students—to contribute articles that are both practical and scholarly, as well as to … Continue Reading