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Zachary C. Crouch v. University of Tennessee
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 25-5010 · judgment June 18, 2025
Question presented
The questions presented for review include whether state sovereign immunity can be and should be applied to unofficial acts and the Constitutional right of Freedom of Speech. This is a question of law, de novo, because when the Constitution of the United States or laws of the United States directly contradict a law or statute of the State of Tennessee, a decision must be made to make clear boundaries of what details of the civil proceedings will agree with the Constitution of the United States and laws or statutes of the State of Tennessee. Specifically, in this proceeding the law or statute of the State of Tennessee is sovereign immunity. On the other hand, the Constitution of the United States has the right to Freedom of Speech and denounces itself as the Supreme Law of the Land. Also, the Constitutional right to Freedom of Speech contradicts state sovereign immunity laws as well because you cannot simply enforce both at the same time unless new laws are created. LIST OF PARTIES [ X ] All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. [ ] All parties do not appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. A list of all parties to the proceedings in the court whose judgment is the subject of this petition is as follows: RELATED CASES There were no related cases found to this case.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Zachary C. Crouch
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Nov 24 2025Petition DENIED.
- Nov 06 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
- Sep 16 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 27, 2025)