At the conclusion of each day's arguments, the panel usually holds a conference concerning the cases submitted that day. A tentative decision is discussed, and opinion writing is assigned by the presiding judge of the panel. A conference report detailing the issues before the panel and giving the tentative views of the panel members is prepared in certain cases and circulated to all judges, for their information. After the draft opinion has been prepared, the opinion writing judge circulates the proposed opinion to each of the other two judges on the panel for the purpose of obtaining their concurrence, dissent or special concurrence. Under the Court's policy, the review of a judge's proposed opinion is given high priority by the other members of the panel.
All judges receive copies of any proposed published opinions.
Decisions Not Published. All decisions which are not designated for full-text publication according to the provisions of 6 Cir. R. 206 are listed in table form in the Federal Reporter. All decisions are filed in and released by the clerk's office. The clerk's office is not given advance notice of when a decision will be rendered and, therefore, cannot make this information available to counsel. Copies are sent to all counsel and made available to the public on the date of filing.