Andre B. Mathis

Sixth Circuit En Banc Bars Class Action Over State Farm's Typical-Negotiation Adjustment, Joining Five-Circuit Majority

The Sixth Circuit, sitting en banc, on Friday reversed class certification for roughly 90,000 Tennessee State Farm customers challenging the insurer's "typical negotiation" adjustment for totaled vehicles, holding that individualized fai...

Jessica Clippinger v. State Farm Auto. Ins. Co.

Sixth Circuit Upholds Federal Ban on Home Distilling as Necessary to Collect Excise Taxes

The Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a constitutional challenge to the federal ban on home distilling, holding that the prohibition is a necessary and proper means of collecting federal excise taxes on distilled spi...

John Ream v. U.S. Dep't of the Treasury

Sixth Circuit Affirms 17-Year Gun Sentence, Finding Defendant Waived Challenge to ACCA Enhancement

A unanimous three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit upheld a 212-month prison sentence for Moreno Lee Jackson, ruling that he waived his right to challenge the Armed Career Criminal Act enhancement that added years to his term. Circuit Ju...