UNITED STATES v. JACKSON

Nos. 19-3623 19-3711.

995 F.3d 522 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Kenneth J. JACKSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Kevin M. Cafferkey , Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Matthew B. Kall , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Alec Schierenbeck , O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, New York, New York, Nathan Freed Wessler , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York for Amici Curiae.

BUSH, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which BATCHELDER, J., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 526-28), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

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