10th Circuit Court

Car-racing costs can’t be deducted by lawyer as marketing expense, 10th Circuit rules

A solo personal injury lawyer can’t count the costs of car racing as a marketing activity, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

Dec 11, 2024 8:48 AM CST

Sanction against Northwestern law prof affirmed by 10th Circuit

A federal appeals court has affirmed a $5,000 sanction against a professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law for seeking to remove a state court motion to federal court, finding no abuse of discretion by a federal judge who imposed it.

Oct 31, 2024 2:45 PM CDT

Justice Amy Coney Barrett describes coming home with bulletproof vest

Asked Friday about the challenges of being a Supreme Court justice and a parent of seven children, Amy Coney Barrett told an audience about a time she was sent home from the court with a bulletproof vest and her 13-year-old son saw it tossed on a bed.

Sep 10, 2024 9:45 AM CDT

Supreme Court allows HHS to divert funds over abortion referrals

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the Biden administration to strip millions of health care dollars from Oklahoma over its refusal to direct patients to information about abortions—a federal requirement that the state says would be at odds with its strict ban on terminating pregnancies.

Sep 5, 2024 10:30 AM CDT

When does DEI training discriminate against white people? Courts will decide

DEI training is coming under special scrutiny, with at least seven court cases pending nationwide alleging that it constitutes workplace discrimination.

Aug 12, 2024 10:35 AM CDT

10th Circuit lifts ban on Biden’s student loan repayment plan

President Biden can move forward with implementing a key part of his new student loan repayment plan after a federal appeals court lifted a temporary ban on that aspect of the program.

Jul 2, 2024 2:10 PM CDT

Kindergarten boy may pursue sex-bias claim after expulsion for wearing earrings, 10th Circuit says

A federal judge applied the wrong standard when he tossed a sex-bias lawsuit filed on behalf of a 5-year-old boy who was expelled for wearing blue stud earrings to kindergarten, a federal appeals court has ruled.

May 1, 2024 9:52 AM CDT

Supreme Court to decide whether ATF can prohibit bump stocks under law banning machine guns

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives can prohibit bump stocks under a law banning machine guns and parts intended to convert weapons into machine guns.

Nov 6, 2023 1:10 PM CST

10th Circuit upholds ban on firearms for felon convicted of check fraud

The federal ban on gun possession by felons doesn't appear to be affected by a 2022 Second Amendment decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal appeals court has ruled.

Sep 18, 2023 3:50 PM CDT

We ‘live on a pro se planet;’ 5th Circuit allows parents to sometimes represent children without lawyers

A federal appeals court is giving a pro se parent a chance to persuade a federal judge that she may represent her minor children without a lawyer in a federal lawsuit filed against a Texas school district.

Jun 6, 2023 12:39 PM CDT

Appeals court decision allowing release of Sackler family from opioid liability deepens circuit split

A federal appeals court has upheld a bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma that shielded the company’s owners from liability in civil opioid lawsuits in exchange for their agreement to contribute up to $6 billion to resolve the litigation.

Jun 1, 2023 1:35 PM CDT

Judicial discretion should be upheld in case involving sentencing standards, ABA says in amicus brief

The ABA has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court to support the argument that federal criminal statutes do not require a New York defendant who was convicted for his role in a murder related to drug trafficking to be sentenced to mandatory consecutive sentences.

Jan 30, 2023 12:58 PM CST

Federal appeals court strikes down ATF rule banning rapid-fire bump stocks

Updated: The en banc 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans has struck down a Trump administration ban on bump stocks, which are used to accelerate gunfire on semi-automatic weapons.

Jan 9, 2023 9:55 AM CST

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Dec 23, 2022 8:42 AM CST

Lawyer who missed deadline after spending 25 minutes trying to file ECF document gets no mercy from 10th Circuit

A lawyer has failed to persuade a federal appeals court that his missed deadline should be excused because of his difficulty filing a complaint with an electronic case filing system.

Dec 21, 2022 12:30 PM CST