United States Tenth Circuit - June 2007 Opinion Summaries

Stears v. Sheridan County Mem'l Hosp. Bd. of Trustees

Civil Rights, Contracts, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging defendant-hospital's entry into an exclusive contract with another radiologist services provider deprived plaintiff of his...

Berry v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Contracts, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action setting forth contract claims and alleging that plaintiff's termination by T-Mobile violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),...

US v. Spear

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
In a criminal matter involving a defendant who worked as a federal immigration employee responsible for the intake of certain immigration...

Morris v. Hicks

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
An order reversing a decision of the bankruptcy court that granted bankruptcy trustee's complaint for lien avoidance is reversed where a bankruptcy...

Unified Sch. Dist. No. 259 v. Disability Rights Ctr. of Kansas

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law
An appeal in a case involving a dispute about access to student records between a school district and a protection and advocacy agency, the appeal is...

Gradiz v. Gonzales

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
An order of removal based on petitioner's conviction for an aggravated felony is affirmed over his claims that his deferred plea agreement was not a...

Magar v. Parker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
A request for a certificate of appealability to pursue a habeas petition challenging the adequacy of certain prison disciplinary hearing processes is...

US v. Balderama-Iribe

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A mandatory life sentence imposed for a drug trafficking conviction is affirmed over a claim that the prosecutor negated previous proper notice of a...

US v. Rockwell Int'l Corp.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
On remand from the Supreme Court, which reversed the portion of the circuit court's prior judgment for plaintiff, judgment in favor of the U.S. is...

Cardoso v. Calbone

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In an inmate's suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 seeking damages arising from a disciplinary proceeding and alleging that defendants abridged...