2017 Tenth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 1001 - 1081 of 1081
Date: January 23, 2017
Docket Number: 16-7019
Justia Opinion Summary: This case began with plaintiff Clyde Rife, sitting on a motorcycle next to a road, unable to recall the date, the time, or even what he had been doing in a town he had just visited. When approached by a state trooper,…
Date: January 20, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1345
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Christopher Thornton appealed his seventy-eight month prison sentence. The issue this case presented was whether the district court committed procedural error by basing the length of Thornton’s sentence, in…
Date: January 19, 2017
Docket Number: 15-4120
Justia Opinion Summary: Richard Hackford brought this action seeking to enjoin the State of Utah’s prosecution of traffic offenses he committed in December 2013. He argued on appeal that he was an Indian and the offenses occurred in Indian…
Date: January 19, 2017
Docket Number: 16-5008
Justia Opinion Summary: Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company (“Philadelphia”) and Lexington Insurance Company (“Lexington”) insured the same school building that suffered fire damage. In a declaratory judgment action, they disputed their…
Date: January 18, 2017
Docket Number: 14-3192
Justia Opinion Summary: Janna DeWitt appealed a district court’s order granting summary judgment to her former employer, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SWBTC) on her claims of disability discrimination and failure to accommodate her…
Date: January 18, 2017
Docket Number: 15-4182
Justia Opinion Summary: Reginald Humphrey appealed the denial of his motion to dismiss an indictment charging him with one count of producing child pornography. Humphrey argued the district court erred in rejecting his argument that applying 18…
Date: January 10, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1295
Justia Opinion Summary: Based on a confidential informant's report that defendant-appellant Michael Simpson had drugs and guns, law enforcement officers obtained a search warrant for his house. The search revealed cocaine, firearms and…
Date: January 9, 2017
Docket Number: 15-3097
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner-appellant Marcus Washington sought to set aside his Kansas-state-court murder conviction. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a certificate of appealability (COA) so that he could appeal the denial of…
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 15-4010
Justia Opinion Summary: LeGrand Belnap, M.D., was a surgeon at the Salt Lake Regional Medical Center (“SLRMC”). Dr. Belnap and SLRMC entered into a Management Services Agreement under which he would provide consulting services to help SLRMC…
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 15-3093
Justia Opinion Summary: Firma Helget worked for the City of Hays, Kansas, as the administrative secretary for the Hays Police Department. In 2012, the City terminated Helget, and she initiated this 42 U.S.C. 1983 action against the City, City…
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 15-3266
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-appellant Matthew Vogt was employed as a police officer with the City of Hays. In late 2013, Vogt applied for a position with the City of Haysville's police department. During Haysville's hiring process, Vogt…
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 15-4171
Justia Opinion Summary: The government appealed defendant-appellee John Walker's sentence. Walker was a serial bank robber who pleaded guilty to two counts of bank robbery. Walker attributed his criminal history to an addiction to drugs and…
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 15-6164
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arose out of a property damage claim filed by the Hayes Family Trust with its insurer, State Farm Fire & Casualty. When the parties could not agree on the amount of loss, Hayes invoked an appraisal process…
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 15-8054
Justia Opinion Summary: Relator-Appellant Jack Grynberg appealed two district court orders awarding attorney fees. In 1995, Grynberg filed an action in federal district court for the District of Columbia alleging 70 companies in the natural gas…
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1237
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2004, Michael Harris pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The maximum sentence for a felon-in-possession conviction is typically ten years. But because the sentencing court found Harris had…
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2054
Justia Opinion Summary: Between fiscal years 2006 and 2011, Congress prohibited the use of funds for inspection, thereby preventing commercial equine slaughter. In fiscal year 2012, Congress lifted the ban on funding and Food Safety Inspection…
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 15-3323
Justia Opinion Summary: The property at issue here was a backpack owned by defendant-appellant Nicolas Juszczyk, who was repairing his motorcycle in the backyard of Tina Giger. A concerned neighbor contacted police, who came to investigate.…
Date: January 3, 2017
Docket Number: 16-4045
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Asarco, LLC appeals the entry of summary judgment against it in its contribution action against Noranda Mining, Inc., under Section 113(f) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,…
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