Courts

The nation’s high court has agreed to hear a case challenging Colorado’s Minor Conversion Therapy Law on First Amendment grounds.

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.

The 10th Circuit denied the petition and disagreed with the environmental groups who brought the suit against the plan.

A split U.S. Supreme Court held the EPA can’t impose limitations through “end-result” permit provisions on the amount of contaminated discharge that can go into waterways.

The state Supreme Court also ruled this week that a trial court has no freestanding authority to order discovery absent certain authorizations.

The appeals court held that a defendant didn’t have an unconditional right to cross-examine a witness when that witness was no longer on probation at the time of trial.

The high court held that a case voluntarily dismissed without prejudice under Rule 41(a) counts as a “final proceeding” under Rule 60(b).

The 10th Circuit concluded that under the circumstances in the case, which involved smoke and a fire, the officer’s lethal force was justified.

A divided Supreme Court found an independent investigation by law firm Reed Smith and the attorney general’s discovery that the prosecutor knowingly elicited false testimony and failed to correct it was enough to overturn the conviction and death sentence of Richard Glossip for directing the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese by Justin Sneed.

The Colorado Supreme Court overturned a split appellate decision that reinstated a group of CSU students’ unjust enrichment claims. It held that the claims for breach of contract and unjust enrichment were mutually exclusive in this case.