United States Tenth Circuit - May 2010 Opinion Summaries

Bunton v. Atherton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) the state court of appeals did not unreasonably apply...

Fletcher v. Burkhalter

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a civil rights action claiming that defendant-deputy signed a probable-cause affidavit that led to plaintiff's improper arrest for engaging in a...

In re: Latture

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
The court of appeals affirms the bankruptcy appellate panel's (BAP) order dismissing debtor's appeal as untimely where: 1) debtor's failure to timely...

US v. McConnell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for possessing a firearm after conviction of a felony is affirmed where defendant's prior Kansas state conviction for eluding a...

Lewis v. Tripp

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
In an action by a chiropractor whose license had been revoked claiming that an administrative search of his office was carried out in violation of his...

Rocky Mountain Christian Church v. Bd. of County Cmm'rs of Boulder County

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action by a church claiming that the City of Boulder's denial of a special use application violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized...

Fruitt v. Astrue

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In a motion for attorney's fees following the district court's reversal of the Social Security Commissioner's denial of benefits to plaintiff, the...

Phillips v. Workman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of the petition is reversed where 1) Second-degree murder was a lesser-included offense at the time of...

WildEarth Guardians v. Nat'l. Park Serv.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In an action challenging the National Park Service's proposal to reduce the elk population in Rocky Mountain National Park, denial of a hunting and...

US v. Campbell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for possessing ammunition as a convicted felon is affirmed where: 1) defendant did not reveal or provide any evidence in the...