6th Circ. Judges Snipe At Each Other Over 'Dicta About Dicta'

By Dorothy Atkins (March 8, 2021, 11:57 PM EST) -- Two Sixth Circuit judges sniped at each other in separate opinions Monday that rejected a convicted drug dealer's compassionate release request, with a concurring judge criticizing the majority for citing "seemingly misplaced dicta" and the majority firing back that "context matters" and calling the criticisms "dicta about dicta."...

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