Court Opinions: 10th Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Officers Who Sent Police Canine Into...
The 10th Circuit also ruled on a case involving corner crossing on public land and affirmed the right under the Unlawful Inclosures Act.
Court Opinion: Colorado Supreme Court Affirms Disciplinary Judgment for Attorney Following ‘Expletive-Laden Outbursts’ at...
The attorney also called a school district staff member a “despicable creature and a cancer to kids” in a follow up email, later telling OARC investigators “I like to call things what they are.”
Court Opinions: US Supreme Court Rules Acts of Omission Can Be Crimes of Violence
The Supreme Court also found that misleading statements are not “false statements” under Title 18 Section 1014 of the U.S. Code.
Court Opinions: Appeals Court Rules Felonious Killing Exception Does Apply to Corporations
The appeals court concluded that the Wrongful Death Act’s felonious killing exception applies to both corporations and individuals.
Court Opinions: PDJ Suspends Attorney Over Unreported Conviction
The disciplinary judge suspended the attorney for a year after finding he didn’t comply with the mandatory reporting requirement in Rule 242.11(c)(1).
Court Opinions: 10th Circuit Reverses Denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration in Card Fraud...
The 10th Circuit held found that the district court erred when it denied a motion to compel arbitration on estoppel grounds.
Court Opinions: Appeals Court Holds Independent Contractors Working With Each Other not Subject to...
The appeals court concluded that when two independent contractors are working with each other and not for one another, the damage limits imposed by Colorado’s Workers’ Compensation Act don’t apply.
Court Opinions: 10th Circuit Holds that Franks Can Extend to Off-Duty Police Officers
The 10th Circuit held that the precedent set in the Fourth Amendment case Franks v. Delaware can apply to off-duty police officers.
US Supreme Court Grants Writ for Case Involving Colorado’s Minor Conversion Therapy Law
The nation’s high court has agreed to hear a case challenging Colorado’s Minor Conversion Therapy Law on First Amendment grounds.
Court Opinion: US Supreme Court Finds VA Service-Related Disability Claims Determinations Can be Reviewed...
The U.S. Supreme Court held that the VA’s determination that the evidence regarding a service-related disability claim is in “approximate balance” is a predominantly factual determination reviewed only for clear error.