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10th Circuit affirms District Court in Gays Against Groomers appeal

From the opinion in Gays Against Groomers v. Garcia: For millennia, deliberative bodies across the world have set their own rules for debating matters of...

Judiciary accelerates overhaul of case management system

Federal judiciary leaders have announced plans to accelerate the development of a new national case management system intended to replace the judiciary’s long-standing Case...

Colo. Court of Appeals limits use of insurer evaluations in GEICO case

The Colorado Court of Appeals on March 5 announced its decision in Fear v. GEICO Casualty Co., addressing whether an insurer’s internal claim evaluation...

10th Circuit Court affirms official-capacity civil rights claims

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on March 4, 2026, issued its ruling in Eaves v. Polis. It affirmed and remanded key aspects of...

10th Circuit reviews qualified immunity claim in classroom case

Plaintiffs Amber and Jonathon Stepp, parents of minor child J.S., filed this action alleging that J.S. was placed in an all-boys fifth-grade class at...

10th Circuit affirms summary judgment in favor of Chipotle

In this diversity case, Plaintiff-Appellant Donald Sousa brought a claim of age discrimination against his former employer, Defendant-Appellee Chipotle Services (“Chipotle”), under the New...

10th Circuit affirms dismissal of vaccine-exemption employment claims

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the district court’s dismissal of key claims brought by plaintiff Mark Spinelli against his former employer,...

10th Circuit Denies CAT Relief for Mexican National

In a published opinion issued Feb. 25, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied Javier Garcia-Botello’s petition for review of the Board of Immigration...

10th Circuit revives Fourth Amendment claims in Colorado Springs case

In Armendariz v. City of Colorado Springs, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a published opinion on Feb. 24, addressing Fourth Amendment challenges...

Colo. Supreme Court upholds murder verdict

In an en banc decision issued Feb. 17 in the People v. Shockey case, the Colorado Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals decision....