A three-judge Tenth Circuit panel has reversed a District of Kansas screening dismissal, holding that a pro se plaintiff alleging employment discrimination wasn’t obligated to plead equitable tolling facts in her complaint to survive statute-of-limitations...
A Tenth Circuit panel upheld the dismissal of a filmmaker’s First Amendment retaliatory arrest claim, ruling that officers had arguable probable cause to arrest him for interfering with an active-shooter standoff.
The 10th Circuit ruled that mandatory racial sensitivity training and its aftermath did not create a hostile work environment for a former Colorado corrections officer, rejecting his Title VII claim that the program’s content and alleged enforcement created...
The 10th Circuit held that federal courts may order the temporary hospitalization of an incompetent, unrestorable defendant for a dangerousness evaluation under 18 U.S.C. § 4246, even after competency restoration efforts have ended. However, the court...
The Tenth Circuit will resolve a circuit split over whether non-Indian status is an element of a crime or an affirmative defense under the General Crimes Act, granting en banc rehearing in two criminal cases.
The Tenth Circuit reversed the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction against Colorado’s law prohibiting the possession and sale of unserialized firearms, holding that the regulation does not qualify as a presumptively constitutional condition...
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that Cincinnati Insurance Company had a duty to defend Simon Contractors of Wyoming, Inc. as an additional insured under its subcontractor’s policy following tractor-trailer rollover accidents on a Wyoming...
The Tenth Circuit reversed summary judgment for Oklahoma prison officials on an Eighth Amendment claim regarding unsanitary toilet conditions, while affirming summary judgment on a separate claim about inadequate nutrition.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court ruling in a dispute between the Comanche Nation and the Fort Sill Apache Tribe over the operation of the Warm Springs Casino.
The Tenth Circuit denied Frontier Airlines' petition for review of a final order by the Transportation Security Administration upholding a liability of $5,377,584.15 for unpaid security service fees. The dispute centered on whether the airline was required...
The Tenth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a former prisoner’s constitutional claims against prison healthcare contractors, holding that the lower court erroneously applied the statute of limitations defense by making factual findings barred...
A New Mexico rollover crash triggered by an elderly pedestrian who wandered onto the interstate against his driver's explicit instructions falls outside uninsured motorist coverage because the passenger's independent actions severed any causal link to the...