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6 Cir. R. 26.1
Corporate Disclosure Statement
(a) Parties Required to Make Disclosure. With the exception of the United States
government or agencies thereof or a state government or agencies or political subdivisions
thereof, all parties and amici curiae to a civil or bankruptcy case, agency review
proceeding, or original proceedings, and all corporate defendants in a criminal case shall
file a corporate affiliate/financial interest disclosure statement. A negative report is
required except in the case of individual criminal defendants.
(b) Financial Interest to Be Disclosed.
(1) Whenever a corporation that is a party to an appeal, or which appears as amicus
curiae, is a subsidiary or affiliate of any publicly owned corporation not named in
the appeal, counsel for the corporation that is a party or amicus shall advise the
clerk in the manner provided by subdivision (c) of this rule of the identity of the
parent corporation or affiliate and the relationship between it and the corporation
that is a party or amicus to the appeal. A corporation shall be considered an
affiliate of a pub licly owned corporation for purposes of this rule if it controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with a publicly owned corporation.
(2) Whenever, by reason of insurance, a franchise agreement, or indemnity agreement,
a publicly owned corporation or its affiliate, not a party to the appeal, nor an amicus,
has a substantial financial interest in the outcome of litigation, counsel for the party
or amicus whose interest is aligned with that of the publicly owned corporation or
its affiliate shall advise the clerk in the manner provided by subdivision (c) of this
rule of the identity of the publicly owned corporation and the nature of its or its
affiliate’s substantial financial interest in the outcome of the litigation.
(c) Form and Time of Disclosure. The disclosure statement shall be made on a form
provided by the clerk and filed with the brief of a party or amicus or upon filing a motion,
response, petition, or answer in this court, whichever first occurs.
COMMITTEE NOTE: Former 6th Cir. R. 25.
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- 2026-09-18
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- 2026-09-18
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