United States Tenth Circuit - January 2008 Opinion Summaries

US v. Chee

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Indian Law, Sentencing
A Navajo medicine man's conviction and sentence for aggravated sexual abuse while within Indian country is affirmed over claims that the district...

US v. Taylor

Criminal Law & Procedure, Indian Law
A conviction for assault resulting in serious bodily injury is affirmed where, although a prosecutor commented inappropriately in urging the jury to...

Coalition for Equal Rights, Inc. v. Ritter

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action challenging the constitutionality of Colorado's Clean Indoor Air Act (CCIA), summary judgment for the Colorado's governor and other state...

Alexander v. US Parole Comm'n

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In habeas proceedings involving a prisoner sentenced under the Federal Youth Corrections Act (YCA) and repeatedly denied parole, an order granting him...

Dudnikov v. Chalk & Vermilion Fine Arts, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
In an action brought by plaintiffs, eBay "power sellers" of fabrics, seeking a declaratory judgment that certain of their prints do not infringe...

AST Sports Science, Inc. v. CLF Distrib. Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a contract and tort suit brought against defendants claiming they failed to pay for products received from plaintiff, grant of defendants' motion...

US v. Ford

Civil Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sanctions, Tax Law
A decision to hold respondent in civil contempt following his failure to comply with a court order enforcing two summonses issued by the IRS is...

In re: Harper

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Indian Law
In bankruptcy proceedings, judgment for plaintiff-chapter 7 trustee avoiding defendant-credit union's security interest in bankruptcy debtors' truck...

US v. Mendez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Following a conviction for unlawful firearm and ammunition possession, and maintaining a residence for the purpose of storing, distributing and using...

Jenkins v. Currier

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a state prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging state officials violated his constitutional rights and state law when they took him into...