United States Tenth Circuit - August 2010 Opinion Summaries

Flood v. ClearOne Communications, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In defendant's appeal from a preliminary injunction requiring defendant-corporation to advance attorney fees and costs to its former CEO, who was then...

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Fisher

Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action seeking a declaration of nonliability on defendant's claim for uninsured motorist benefits, summary judgment for plaintiff-insurer is...

Jones v. Okla. City Pub. Sch.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), summary judgment for defendants is reversed...

Deutsch v. Jordan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action bringing federal civil-rights and state-law claims against the City of Laramie, Wyoming, based on plaintiff's termination as police...

American Atheists, Inc. v. Duncan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an Establishment Clause Challenge to the decision of the Utah Highway Patrol Association, with the permission of Utah state authorities, to erect a...

US v. Hood

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for possession with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of actual methamphetamine is affirmed where: 1) defendant failed...

Lundstrom v. Romero

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a civil rights action claiming a prolonged detention of plaintiffs, summary judgment for defendant-officers is reversed in part where plaintiffs...

US v. Magnesium Corp. of Am.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an action by the U.S. claiming that defendants' handling of wastes failed to comply with regulations promulgated under Subtitle C of the Resource...

Stearns v. Clarkson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action arising out of plaintiff's arrest and strip search, a denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment is affirmed in part where the...

Frederick v. Swift Transp. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a personal injury action arising out of a truck accident, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) although the driver ingested methamphetamine...