Court Opinions: US Supreme Court Says Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan Violates Codes by Releasing...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Purdue Pharma’s proposed reorganization plan violates bankruptcy code because it would release the Sackler family from future claims.
Court Opinions: US Supreme Court Rules ‘Gratuities’ to State, Local Officials Aren’t a Crime...
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision that an illegal gratuity payment of $13,000 was made to a local official in Indiana.
Court Opinions: Attorney Suspended Over Fee Agreement, Trust Account Record Keeping
Colorado’s PDJ suspended an attorney after finding he didn’t keep client funds in a trust and didn’t provide clients with a written fee agreement.
Court Opinion: 10th Circuit Affirms District Court Ruling Against Former Mesa County Clerk Tina...
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals released an opinion on the district court’s abstention in a case involving former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters.
Court Opinions: PDJ Suspends Attorney After Discovering She Fabricated an EtG Test, Committed Perjury
Colorado’s PDJ suspended an attorney after finding she fabricated a test to indicate she hadn’t consumed alcohol.
Court Opinions: US Supreme Court Holds Citizens Don’t Have Liberty Interest in Noncitizen Spouses...
The U.S. Supreme Court found an American citizen didn’t have fundamental liberty interest in her noncitizen spouse being admitted to the U.S.
Court Opinion: Colorado Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of Noise Complaint Claims
The Colorado Court of Appeals released an opinion in which it agreed with the dissent in a previous case, Hobbs v. Salida.
Court Opinions: US Supreme Court Holds Probable Cause for One Charge Doesn’t Categorically Defeat...
The U.S. Supreme Court held in a separate June 20 opinion that expert testimony that “most people” in a group have a particular mental state doesn’t violate Federal Rule of Evidence 704(b).
Court Opinion: 10th Circuit Rules Alleged Oral Contract Claim Unenforceable
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals released an opinion on an alleged oral contract claim involving the sale of alfalfa hay.
Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Rules Stoops Aren’t ‘Dwellings’ Under the ‘Make My Day’...
The high court ruled a stoop isn’t considered part of a “dwelling” under Colorado's Make My Day law if it’s uncovered, unsecured and unenclosed.