United States Tenth Circuit - December 2007 Opinion Summaries

R.M. Inv. Co. v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
A district court's order vacating as moot its prior order, which set aside a decision by the United States Forest Service that had revoked plaintiff's...

US v. Altamirano-Moreno

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence imposed for a drug conspiracy conviction is affirmed where the district court did not err in determining that defendant was not eligible...

Teigen v. Renfrow

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In state Department of Corrections officers' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging defendants acted in violation of the Due Process and Equal...

Somoza v. Univ. of Denver

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII and 42 U.S.C. section 1981 action brought by Mexican-American faculty members against the University of Denver and others alleging...

Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough v. Cade

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Tax Law
In an appeal arising from a settlement agreement between defendant and a bank in which defendant became entitled to a $1,750,000 award, an order...

Manning v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Debt Collection, Education Law, Government Benefits
In a Social Security benefits case, denial of plaintiff's Fed. R. Civ. P. 60 motion requesting that the court either set aside an administrative...

Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Brantley

Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a suit brought to remove defendant and his livestock from plaintiff's land, denial of defendant's property claims and an award of damages and fees...

US v. Revels

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for drug- and firearm-related offenses, an order suppressing incriminating statements made by defendant is affirmed where a...

US v. Williams

Criminal Law & Procedure
A conviction and sentence for drug and firearm related offenses is reversed where the indictment required dismissal due to a failure to comply with...

US v. Shurtz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and related methamphetamine and weapons counts is affirmed where, contrary to a claim that...