| 25-582 |
Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. v. Enbridge Energy, LP, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-11-17 |
Pending |
ex-parte-young federal-court real-party-in-interest sovereign-immunity sovereign-lands state-officials |
Whether a State is the real party in interest, and therefore entitled to sovereign immunity, where a private plaintiff sues state officials in federal… |
| 25-526 |
Laura Beny v. University of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-10-30 |
Denied |
circuit-split discrimination-evidence honest-belief-doctrine jury-trial-rights summary-judgment title-vii |
Whether federal courts may apply the judge-made "honest belief" doctrine to grant summary judgment in Title VII cases when: (1) this Court's unanimous… |
| 25A402 |
Andrew Hess v. Oakland County, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-10-07 |
Application |
election-recount first-amendment hyperbole michigan-statute political-speech terrorist-threat |
Whether a state statute criminalizing alleged 'terrorist threats' violates the First Amendment when applied to political hyperbole made in a public se… |
| 25A252 |
Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. v. Enbridge Energy, LP, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-09-02 |
Presumed Complete |
certiorari constitutional-interpretation federal-law michigan-officials sixth-circuit state-action |
Whether the Sixth Circuit's ruling on a Michigan state action improperly interpreted or applied federal constitutional or statutory law |
| 25-165 |
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-12 |
Denied |
district-court equitable-relief inherent-power injunctive-standards treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
Whether a district court has "inherent equitable power" to enter a coercive "decree" restricting an Indian tribe's treaty rights without its consent a… |
| 25-155 |
Gennady Y. Paremsky v. Ingham County, Michigan, et al. |
Michigan |
2025-08-08 |
Denied |
compensation-rights constitutional-violations contract-impairment due-process equal-protection takings-clause |
I. Did Michigan Ingham County and its officials Greta Wu, Kim Coleman, Bruce Bragg, Leslie M. Shanlian, Jennifer Mack violate U.S. Const. amend. V, XI… |
| 25-5143 |
Mary Lynn Taylor v. Michigan, et al. |
Michigan |
2025-07-17 |
Denied |
contractual-obligation due-process economic-liberty employment-rights property-interest school-denial-period |
Did the implementation of Michigan's School Denial Period create an established property interest, and/or an economic liberty interest for Appellant, … |
| 24A1171 |
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-05-30 |
Presumed Complete |
fishing-decree inherent-equitable-powers sixth-circuit treaty-of-1836 treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
Whether a federal district court may use its inherent equitable powers to approve a negotiated fishing decree that diminishes a tribal nation's treaty… |
| 24-1147 |
Glenn Bowles, et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-05-08 |
Denied |
constitutional-challenge court-of-claims declaratory-judgment ex-parte-young standing state-officials |
Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously held that Petitioners lacked standing to sue under Ex parte Young when naming the Governor and … |
| 24-7022 |
Darrell Lamar Marshall v. City of Detroit, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-04-17 |
Dismissed |
civil-rights color-of-law conspiracy constitutional-violations fraud statute-of-limitations |
Whether there is a statute of limitations for civil and criminal charges involving fraud, conspiracy, and constitutional violations against a minor un… |
| 24-1017 |
Jonathan Lindsey, Michigan State Senator, et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-03-24 |
Denied |
article-iii-standing constitutional-amendment elections-clause federal-elections legislative-power state-legislature |
Whether Article III standing exists for individual state legislators to challenge state executive usurpations of delegated powers under the Elections … |
| 24A849 |
Glenn Bowles, et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-03-04 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 24A503 |
Latausha Simmons v. City of Southfield, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-11-20 |
Presumed Complete |
civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment indigent-litigant property-deprivation section-1983 |
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment permits dismissal of a pro se civil rights action based on procedural deficiencies when the plaintiff is an indigent … |
| 24-545 |
Richard Wershe, Jr. v. City of Detroit, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-11-14 |
Denied |
circuit-split diligence equitable-tolling habeas-corpus prisoner-doctrine retaliation |
Whether the two-factor Holland v. Florida equitable tolling test applies universally across federal cases and how circuits should interpret diligence … |
| 24-5174 |
Michael D. Carver v. City of Kalamazoo, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-07-30 |
Denied |
absolute-immunity fabricated-evidence false-arrest fourth-amendment franks-doctrine investigative-conduct malicious-prosecution probable-cause qualified-immunity |
Whether Franks applies to material omissions, and whether probable cause is vitiated for a particular offense where the omitted information is exculpa… |
| 24-63 |
Kalvin Schanz v. City of Otsego, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-07-19 |
Denied |
civil-rights degree-of-aid fair-housing-act interference intimidation protected-activity standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Fair Housing Act's prohibition on intimidation or interference with a person who has 'aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise… |
| 23-1084 |
Jill Hile, et al. v. Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-08 |
Denied |
blaine-amendment constitutional-amendment equal-protection nonpublic-schools political-disenfranchisement religious-animus school-choice school-vouchers |
Whether Michigan's constitutional amendment barring direct and indirect public financial support for parochial and other nonpublic schools violates th… |
| 23-841 |
Emily Evans, et al. v. City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-02-06 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud perjury rooker-feldman rule-60d state-court-judgment |
Whether a federal court had the authority and obligation to vacate a state court judgment obtained through perjury suborned by the prevailing party's … |
| 23A683 |
Jill Hile, et al. v. Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-24 |
Presumed Complete |
constitutional-challenge education-funding establishment-clause first-amendment parent-advocacy school-choice |
Whether state-level educational choice policies that provide funding or support for alternative education options violate the Establishment Clause or … |
| 23A570 |
Emily Evans, et al. v. City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-12-21 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23A463 |
LaTausha Simmons v. City of Detroit, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-21 |
Presumed Complete |
civil-rights digital-access due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights |
Whether an indigent plaintiff's inability to access digital technology constitutes a violation of First Amendment free speech and Fourteenth Amendment… |
| 23-497 |
L. Lin Wood v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-09 |
Denied |
attorney-ethics attorney-liability civil-procedure due-process federal-civil-procedure frivolous-pleading of-counsel rule-11 rule-11-sanctions safe-harbor-period sanctions standing |
Whether an attorney whose name is designated as 'Of Counsel' on the signature page of a frivolous pleading that the attorney did not sign, file, submi… |
| 23-486 |
Sidney Powell, et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-08 |
Denied |
civil-procedure electoral-college first-amendment petition petition-clause rule-11 safe-harbor sanctions |
Whether serving a Rule 11(c)(2) motion that seeks different relief and lacks the filed version's brief and details triggers the 21-day safe-harbor per… |
| 23A198 |
Daniel William Rudd v. City of Norton Shores, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-08-30 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5267 |
Dana Lunn v. City of Detroit, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-08-02 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-dismissal discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure standing |
Why was my case dismissed without my knowledge? |
| 23-89 |
Jennifer Reinoehl v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-07-31 |
Denied |
americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights covid-19 covid-emergency-powers due-process emergency-powers federal-civil-procedure individual-capacity-suit mootness mootness-doctrine standing state-official-immunity |
Whether a case involving COVID-19 emergency powers is moot |
| 22-766 |
Edward Pinkney v. Berrien County, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-02-15 |
Denied |
civil-rights criminal-proceedings due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment probable-cause section-1983 unlawful-prosecution |
Whether Petitioner's § 1983 claim based on his prosecution, pretrial-criminal-proceedings, trial, conviction, and incarceration for an act the law doe… |
| 22-586 |
Kimberly Beemer, et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-12-27 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge covid-19-restrictions due-process emergency-powers free-speech fundamental-rights judicial-review mootness standing voluntary-cessation |
Is this constitutional challenge to the Michigan Governor's emergency restrictions that directly infringed fundamental rights moot when the restrictio… |
| 22-6263 |
Terrence Terrell Moore v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-12-09 |
Denied |
administrative-law agency-decision circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-standards standing takings |
Whether the Supreme Court failed to address the decision of Magistrate Judge Payne and because the Supreme Court did not address this issue, the petit… |
| 22A501 |
Edward Pinkney v. Berrien County, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-12-06 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 22-372 |
Skatemore, Inc., dba Roll Haven Skating Center, et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-10-20 |
Denied |
due-process eleventh-amendment fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment just-compensation sovereign-immunity takings-clause |
Does the Fifth Amendment's requirement of 'just compensation' waive Eleventh Amendment Sovereign Immunity for a takings claim in federal court against… |
| 22-365 |
Reform America, dba Created Equal, et al. v. City of Detroit, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
civil-rights first-amendment free-speech protest-rights public-forum security-justification strict-scrutiny viewpoint-discrimination |
Does the City's viewpoint-based restriction on protestors in a public forum satisfy strict scrutiny? |
| 22-281 |
Peter Kruithoff v. Catholic Charities of West Michigan, et al. |
Michigan |
2022-09-26 |
Denied |
child-welfare due-process equal-protection marital-status parental-rights standing state-interest statutory-interpretation |
Does Michigan's Safe Delivery of Newborns Law comply with Due Process requirements? |
| 21-7608 |
Rufus Lamar Savin Spearman v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-04-13 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing takings |
Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in holding that the Mandatory Vaccine Provision of the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional |
| 21A564 |
Rufus Lamar Savin Spearman v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-04-01 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-794 |
Pamela Reilly, Personal Representative of the Estate of Rosemarie Reilly v. Ottawa County, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-11-30 |
Denied |
14th-amendment civil-rights deshaney-test deshaney-v-winnebago domestic-violence due-process fourteenth-amendment state-actors state-created-danger substantive-due-process third-party-harm |
Whether an abused woman has pled a substantive due process violation under the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 21-769 |
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
allotment congressional-intent federal-reservation indian-land-rights indian-law sixth-circuit-ruling statutory-interpretation superintendence treaty-interpretation treaty-of-detroit treaty-rights |
Whether the 1855 Treaty of Detroit established a federal reservation for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians? |
| 21-5534 |
Omolara Makini, fka Mahogany J. Mignon, fka Timika Janelle Williams v. Michigan, et al. |
Michigan |
2021-09-03 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech police-misconduct standing |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims based on the evidence presented and whether the petitioner was denied a fair … |
| 20-8115 |
Christopher Scott Merrill v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-05-25 |
Denied |
28-usc-2241 42-usc-1983 civil-rights covid-19 due-process habeas-corpus prison-conditions prisoner-rights standing |
Whether prisoners can challenge unsafe prison conditions causing death and other life-threatening conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks us… |
| 20-1493 |
Stephen Nichols v. Wayne County, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-04-26 |
Denied |
civil-forfeiture constitutional-hearing constitutional-rights due-process municipal-policy municipal-seizure neutral-judge prompt-hearing property-deprivation vehicle-rights |
Whether due process requires municipalities to provide a prompt hearing before denying vehicle owner continued possession and use |
| 20-1485 |
JoEllen Mary Crossett v. Emmet County, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-04-22 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction immunity-defense indian-law indian-reservation malicious-prosecution treaty-interpretation treaty-rights tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Is Ms. Crossett on Indian-land, reservation-established, jurisdiction, treaty-rights, tribal-sovereignty, federal-jurisdiction |
| 20-815 |
Timothy King, et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-dispute elections-clause electors-clause equal-protection michigan-election-code preliminary-injunction voter-fraud |
Whether the petitioners have presented sufficient evidence to support three claims pursuant to 42 USC§ 1983: (Count I) violation of the Elections and … |
| 20A1 |
Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. v. SawariMedia, LLC, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-07-10 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 19-1370 |
Kimberley Thames v. City of Westland, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-06-12 |
Denied |
abortions brandenburg-test criminal-threat first-amendment free-speech monell-claim municipal-liability naacp-v-claiborne-hardware qualified-immunity true-threats westland |
Did Petitioner's arrest and subsequent detention based on her speech violate her clearly established rights as set forth in Watts v. United States, Vi… |
| 19-1197 |
GwanJun Kim v. City of Ionia, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-04-04 |
Denied |
aiding-and-abetting civil-procedure collateral-review exclusive-possession false-claims-act federal-cause-of-action legal-standards pleading-standards retroactivity rule-9b section-10b securities-fraud |
Whether the relaxed pleading standard for claims where evidence lies within the defendant's exclusive possession applies to claims under Section 10(b)… |
| 19-8006 |
John P. Greiner v. Macomb County, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-03-16 |
Denied |
administrative-hearing administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech labor-relations obstruction-of-justice perjury retaliation wrongful-termination |
Whether the termination of a public employee in retaliation for exercising First Amendment rights and the failure to provide due process in administra… |
| 19-7641 |
Yusong Gong v. University of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-12 |
Denied |
civil-rights civil-rights-act false-claims-act federal-funding first-amendment fraud-waste-abuse government-corruption old-case public-university public-university-employees research-misconduct retaliation settlement-agreement state-immunity title-vii whether-court-of-appeals-made-mistakes-in-determin whether-district-court-court-of-appeals-has-respon whether-us-supreme-court-should-exclude-state-immu whistleblower-protection |
Whether U. S. Supreme Court should enforce The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (WPEA) and The False Claim Act (FCA), and extend prote… |
| 19-7200 |
Barry Wayne Adams v. Calhoun County, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-01-08 |
Dismissed |
civil-procedure civil-rights common-law de-facto-government due-process judicial-review martial-rule peonage pro-se procedural-fairness service-of-process standing |
Whether the lower courts properly addressed the petitioner's common law claims, viewed the claims in the light most favorable to the petitioner, and f… |
| 19A717 |
John P. Greiner v. Macomb County, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-12-27 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 19-758 |
Kamal Anwiya Youkhanna, et al. v. City of Sterling Heights, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-12-13 |
Denied |
civil-rights consent-decree establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech local-government municipal-law public-forum religion religious-freedom zoning zoning-law |
Does a city council rule prohibiting private citizens from making disparaging comments about religion when speaking during the public comment period o… |
| 19-694 |
Heather Baker, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Kyle Baker, Deceased v. City of Trenton, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-12-02 |
Denied |
civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment home-invasion police-conduct police-procedure search-and-seizure second-amendment self-defense standing warrantless-search |
Whether the Second Amendment right to bear arms precludes warrantless home searches based on lawful firearm possession |
| 19-383 |
Joseph Raimondo v. Denise Page Hood, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-09-23 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech government-action political-affiliation political-discrimination taxation |
Can the United States Federal Government single out citizens and demand taxation and then deprive the citizens of Constitutional Equal Protections bec… |
| 19-220 |
Lee Chatfield, et al., Appellants v. League of Women Voters of Michigan, et al. |
Michigan |
2019-08-20 |
Denied |
None |
|
| 19-205 |
City of Flint, Michigan, et al. v. Shari Guertin, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-16 |
Denied |
11th-amendment bodily-integrity civil-rights conscience-shocking due-process eleventh-amendment environmental-toxin governmental-policy standing state-immunity substantive-due-process |
Whether the substantive due process right to bodily integrity should be extended to protect the public at large from exposure to an environmental toxi… |
| 19A70 |
Joseph Raimondo v. Denise Page Hood, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-07-16 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 19-5117 |
Antonio Hudson v. Denise Page Hood, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-10 |
Denied |
None |
|
| 19-5052 |
John P. Greiner v. Macomb County, Michigan, et al. |
Michigan |
2019-07-03 |
Denied |
administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud-on-the-court retaliation administrative-hearing civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment first-amendment fraud-on-the-court free-speech labor-law wrongful-termination |
Whether the termination of the plaintiff violated his First Amendment rights, given the alleged pretext, perjury, and fraud on the court involved in t… |
| 18A1258 |
Michigan Senate, et al. v. League of Women Voters of Michigan, et al. |
Michigan |
2019-06-04 |
Presumed Complete |
equal-protection first-amendment justiciability partisan-gerrymandering redistricting vote-dilution |
Whether partisan gerrymandering claims are justiciable under the Fourteenth Amendment and First Amendment, and if so, what standards govern such claim… |
| 18A1255 |
Lee Chatfield, et al. v. League of Women Voters of Michigan, et al. |
Michigan |
2019-06-03 |
Presumed Complete |
first-amendment fourteenth-amendment legislative-districts partisan-gerrymandering political-discrimination voting-rights |
Whether partisan gerrymandering of congressional and state legislative districts violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments by intentionally dilutin… |
| 18A1171 |
Lee Chatfield, et al. v. League of Women Voters of Michigan, et al. |
Michigan |
2019-05-10 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 18A1170 |
Michigan Senate, et al. v. League of Women Voters of Michigan, et al. |
Michigan |
2019-05-10 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 18A869 |
Antonio Hudson v. Denise Page Hood, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-26 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 18-1082 |
Marianne Guzall v. City of Romulus, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
circuit-court circuit-court-split civil-rights due-process evidence federal-rules-evidence free-speech hearsay motive-intent party-opponent sixth-circuit whistleblower-retaliation |
Does the Sixth Circuit Court's split decision determining a statement by a party opponent to be hearsay directly contradict other Circuit Court decisi… |
| 18-983 |
City of Mackinac Island, Michigan, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
District of Columbia |
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
administrative-law agency-deference chenery-doctrine federal-power-act judicial-review regulatory-agency retroactive-rate-increase retroactive-rate-increases statutory-construction |
Does the prohibition against retroactive rate increases set forth in Section 206(a) of the Federal Power Act foreclose a judicially created exception … |
| 18-963 |
Terrence Hill v. City of Jackson, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-25 |
Denied |
demolition demolition-notice due-process government-action government-policy municipal-liability notice opportunity-for-hearing parratt-v-taylor procedural-fairness property-rights |
Does due process require the City of Jackson and Jackson County to provide notice and opportunity for hearing appropriate to the nature of the case? |
| 18-7542 |
Pamela Suzanne Harnden v. St. Clair County, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process implied-private-right implied-private-right-of-action kidnapping statute-of-limitations tolling |
Do the 5th and 14th Amendments justify the tolling of a civil action during the course of a criminal action? |
| 18-6365 |
Angel Bartlett v. Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-17 |
Denied |
18-usc-2332a 18-usc-2332h 18-usc-ch-13 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights due-process government-conspiracy state-action torture weapons-of-mass-destruction |
Is it wrongful or illegal to use weapons of mass destruction to radiate and torture Angel Bartlett? |
| 18A9 |
Veretta Burnett v. City of Highland Park, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 17-34 |
Thomas R. Okrie v. Michigan, et al. |
Michigan |
2017-07-05 |
Denied |
None |
|
| 19A455 |
John P. Greiner v. Macomb County, Michigan, et al. |
Michigan |
|
Presumed Complete |
None |
|