November 03, 2023
Kentucky transgender youths and their families on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Sixth Circuit ruling that allows a recently enacted Kentucky ban on gender-affirming care for minors, arguing that the issue has divided district and appellate courts.
September 29, 2023
A split Sixth Circuit has dismantled two district court injunctions blocking recently enacted bans on gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee and Kentucky, saying that life-tenured judges should be wary about removing this type of societal issue from the democratic process.
September 01, 2023
A Sixth Circuit panel on Friday appeared to lean toward dismantling two district court injunctions that blocked recently enacted bans on gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee and Kentucky on constitutional grounds, given that recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent appears to weigh more in the state appellants' favor.
August 31, 2023
The Sixth Circuit will hear arguments Friday in combined appeals over recently enacted bans on gender-affirming care for minors in Kentucky and Tennessee, a pivotal fight over the scope of constitutional protections for transgender children's health care access that may inform an eventual U.S. Supreme Court showdown, attorneys say. Here, Law360 previews what's before the Sixth Circuit panel.
July 14, 2023
A Kentucky federal judge on Friday lifted a block on the commonwealth's recently enacted ban on youths' access to gender-affirming care, citing the Sixth Circuit's move earlier this month to reinstate a more sweeping ban similarly blocked in Tennessee and combine that state's appeal with Kentucky's government-led case.
July 14, 2023
A crop of discrimination lawsuits challenging state-level gender-affirming care bans and health plan exclusions has quickly bounced up to federal circuit courts, raising the likelihood the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue with major potential impacts for patients and their health plans, attorneys say.
July 10, 2023
The Sixth Circuit upended a federal judge's decision to initially block the state of Tennessee from imposing a ban on gender-affirming care for minors, with a three-judge panel in agreement that a lower court abused its discretion by granting a statewide preliminary injunction in late June.