United States Tenth Circuit - June 2008 Opinion Summaries

Wilkins v. DeReyes

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from plaintiffs' arrests and prosecutions after they became suspects in a 1996 investigation of a quadruple...

Erlandson v. Northglenn Mun. Court

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
An order dismissing plaintiff's amended complaint and denying his motion to amend or alter the judgment after he was found guilty of littering his own...

Wheeler v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Civil Rights, Sanctions, Tax Law
Judgment against petitioner assessing various deficiencies and fees for underpayment of taxes, as well as for advancing frivolous and groundless...

Seegmiller v. Laverkin City

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a police officer's action alleging, inter alia, a violation of her substantive due process rights, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where...

Vanguard Envtl., Inc. v. Kerin

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets
In an action brought by a former employer against former employee and his new company alleging, inter alia, misappropriation of trade secrets, an...

U.S. v. Martin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Convictions and sentences for rape and assault are affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) the court's refusal to accept a partial guilty plea to...

U.S. v. Redcorn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
Convictions and sentences on charges of embezzlement from a health care benefit program, wire fraud, and money laundering are reversed in part as to...

Williams v. United Parcel Serv. Inc

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action brought under Oklahoma's Standards for Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Act (ODTA) alleging that defendant violated the procedural...

US v. Pikyavit

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction and sentence for possession of ammunition after police, at defendant's invitation while he was in jail, visited his home and entered the...

Utah v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a quiet title action brought by Utah against the United States and private landowners in an attempt to assert title to the lakebed of Utah Lake,...