Court Opinions: 10th Circuit Reverses Denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration in Card Fraud...
The 10th Circuit held found that the district court erred when it denied a motion to compel arbitration on estoppel grounds.
Court Opinions: Appeals Court Holds Independent Contractors Working With Each Other not Subject to...
The appeals court concluded that when two independent contractors are working with each other and not for one another, the damage limits imposed by Colorado’s Workers’ Compensation Act don’t apply.
Court Opinions: 10th Circuit Holds that Franks Can Extend to Off-Duty Police Officers
The 10th Circuit held that the precedent set in the Fourth Amendment case Franks v. Delaware can apply to off-duty police officers.
US Supreme Court Grants Writ for Case Involving Colorado’s Minor Conversion Therapy Law
The nation’s high court has agreed to hear a case challenging Colorado’s Minor Conversion Therapy Law on First Amendment grounds.
Court Opinion: US Supreme Court Finds VA Service-Related Disability Claims Determinations Can be Reviewed...
The U.S. Supreme Court held that the VA’s determination that the evidence regarding a service-related disability claim is in “approximate balance” is a predominantly factual determination reviewed only for clear error.
Court Opinions: 10th Circuit Denies Petition for Review of Colorado’s Ozone Reduction Plan
The 10th Circuit denied the petition and disagreed with the environmental groups who brought the suit against the plan.
Court Opinions: US Supreme Court Rules EPA Can’t Impose “End-result” Permit Provisions for Water...
A split U.S. Supreme Court held the EPA can’t impose limitations through “end-result” permit provisions on the amount of contaminated discharge that can go into waterways.
Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Holds Courts Can Reimpose Probation on Sentences Served Without...
The state Supreme Court also ruled this week that a trial court has no freestanding authority to order discovery absent certain authorizations.
Court Opinions: Appeals Court Declines to Extend Unconditional Cross-Examination Right When Witness is No...
The appeals court held that a defendant didn’t have an unconditional right to cross-examine a witness when that witness was no longer on probation at the time of trial.
Court Opinions: US Supreme Court Rules Voluntarily Dismissed Lawsuits May Be Reopened
The high court held that a case voluntarily dismissed without prejudice under Rule 41(a) counts as a “final proceeding” under Rule 60(b).