Tag:10th Circuit Court of Appeals

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...

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 Court affirms dismissal of ADA challenge

In Spann v. National Conference of Bar Examiners, the 10th Circuit Court affirmed the dismissal of a suit brought by a bar applicant who...

Court ruling: KHP engaged in systemic unconstitutional stops

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed claims that the Kansas Highway Patrol routinely stopped and searched out-of-state drivers, especially those traveling to or...

Ireland Stapleton director receives first Advocate for Impact Award

The Colorado Nonprofit Association (CNA) has named Tom Downey, director at Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, as the first recipient of its Advocate for...

Court Opinion: 10th Circuit Vacates Firearm Conviction, Citing Lack of Prior Qualifying Offense

The 10th Circuit vacated a federal firearm conviction, ruling that a prior Colorado drug offense didn’t qualify as a predicate felony under federal law.

Colorado Supreme Court Rules Boulder’s Tort-Based Climate Change Damages Lawsuit Can Proceed in State Court

In this opinion article, Spencer Fane Of Counsel John Watson discusses a recently released Colorado Supreme Court opinion that allowed a climate change lawsuit to proceed in state court.

Ken Salazar, Former US Ambassador to Mexico, Rejoins WilmerHale

WilmerHale announced that former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar will rejoin the firm as senior counsel in Denver in June.