United States Tenth Circuit - July 2008 Opinion Summaries

US v. Servin-Acosta

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
A sentence for illegal reentry after deportation is remanded for resentencing where: 1) a minute order from a California court purportedly reflecting...

Level 3 Communications, LLC v. Liebert Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a contract and tort action involving parties' contract to purchase several uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems for plaintiff's data center,...

Amphibious Partners, LLC v. Redman

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies
In an action arising out of a loan obtained by a company 50% owned by defendants and 50% owned by plaintiffs, order and judgment for plaintiffs is...

US v. Chavez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for drug related offenses is affirmed over a claim of erroneous denial of a motion to suppress where a patrolman's stop and search of...

US v. Cudjoe

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence pursuant to a plea to drug- and firearm-related offenses is vacated and remanded for resentencing where the government materially breached...

US v. Hanson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm is affirmed where: 1) given the type of weapon, defendant's...

Bryson v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by an exonerated former inmate against a city and officials alleging that they falsely procured his original conviction and...

US v. Caraway

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for causing an explosive device to be delivered by U.S. Mail and possession of an explosive device during and in relation to a crime of...

Garcia v. Tyson Foods, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class-action case brought against Tyson Foods alleging, inter alia, violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), defendants' appeal...

In re: Paul

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Sanctions
In an adversary proceeding brought by former debtors after a bankruptcy discharge claiming that defendant violated a discharge injunction via a state...