The 10th Circuit found that under the controlling precedent set in Dietz v. Bouldin, judges had the authority to ask jurors to reconsider inconsistent verdicts.
One of the civil law measures under consideration requires additional pre-merger filings with the state for qualifying individuals filing notifications federally under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
The state Supreme Court found the state’s anti-discrimination law didn’t allow an individual to file a new claim in district court following a failure in conciliation and a private settlement between the Civil Rights Division and Masterpiece Cakeshop.
The 10th Circuit found that the former athletic director and assistant principal provided a plausible link between his termination and a discriminatory motive.