Tenth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Based in Denver, Colorado, the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit was created in 1929. Previously, its districts were a part of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The court has appellate jurisdiction over courts in the following districts:

Learn more in detail about the history and the judges who have served on the Tenth Circuit by visiting the Tenth Circuit Historical Society.

Browse Opinions From the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Recent Decisions From the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Team Industrial Services v. Zurich American Insurance Company, et al.  
Date: November 29, 2023
Docket Number: 22-3275

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Team Industrial Services, Inc. (Team) suffered a $222 million judgment against it in a wrongful-death lawsuit arising out of a steam-turbine failure in June 2018 at a Westar Energy, Inc. (Westar) power plant.…

Alfwear v. Mast-Jaegermeister US
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-4020
Aviles-Ramos v. Garland
Date: November 28, 2023
Docket Number: 22-9569
Hawkins v. CUNA Mutual Group
Date: November 27, 2023
Docket Number: 23-6084
Perez-Garcia v. Garland
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 22-9543
United States v. Johnson
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1054
Souser v. Little, et al.
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1308
Grimes v. Watts, et al.
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-2144
United States v. Hipolito-Simon
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-5040
United States v. Maxwell
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-5068
United States v. Dana
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-5093
W., et al. v. Health Net Life Insurance Company, et al.  
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 21-4110

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant E.W. was a participant in an employer-sponsored health insurance plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). E.W.’s daughter, Plaintiff-Appellant I.W., was a…

United States v. Yellowhorse  
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-2011

Justia Opinion Summary: Timothy Chischilly gathered five relatives to get something “off his chest.” To the shock of the relatives, Chischilly confessed that he and his girlfriend, defendant-appellee Stacey Yellowhorse, had killed a woman. The…

Swint v. Dish Network, et al.
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-4098
United States v. Resendiz-Olguin
Date: November 21, 2023
Docket Number: 23-6072
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