10th Circuit (incl. bankruptcy)

The United State Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit sits in Denver, CO. The courthouse is the Byron White US Courthouse. In terms of its size, the Tenth Circuit spans its jurisdictional-reach over 20% of the USA's land mass (spanning 560,625 square miles). In addition to the state of Colorado, the Tenth Circuit is comprised of Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and Utah. The Circuit was initially part of the Eighth Circuit, Congressional legislation broke the single circuit into the Eighth and Tenth respectively.

The US District Court of Appeals is in Denver, Co. The District of Kansas has its courthouse situated in Wichita. The District of New Mexico courthouse is in Albuquerque. The Eastern District of Oklahoma courthouse is in Muskogee, and Northern District is in Tulsa. The Western District courthouse in Oklahoma is located in Oklahoma City. The District of Utah courthouse sits in Salt Lake City, and the District of Wyoming courthouse is in Cheyenne, WY.

Currently, there are 12 judges appointed to the bench in the circuit. Of these, there are 10 senior judges. Timothy M. Tymkovich is the Chief Justice presently serving as the head of the circuit system. And, US Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, is the Circuit Justice for the Tenth District.

Among the leading cases in the circuit is United States v Timothy McVeigh (1998) which was a death-penalty sentencing, following the Oklahoma City, OK bombing. He was convicted and executed of the mass-terrorist crime in 2001. Free Speech v Federal Election Committee (2013) is another famous decision from the circuit which required FEC disclaimers to be given to voters, to ensure they were “informed” of the candidates or groups who were speaking.

The National Law Review covers a wide range of cases in tort-law, FLSA, real property and real estate, civil rights, labor, intellectual property, bankruptcy cases, and more. The National Law Review also covers agency news (including NLRB, Dod, DOJ, EEOC, USCIS, HIPPA, and more), litigation, and the latest news/information relating to elections or appointments in the circuit system.

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Aug
28
2015
Rule 11 Sanctions Are Rare and Reserved for the Most Egregious of Violations McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
25
2023
RUN!!! FOOTNOTE 7 LIVES!: Colorado District Court Holds Directly That Using an ROSNG To Determine Calling Order Triggers TCPA! Troutman Amin, LLP
Jul
28
2016
Sanchez v. Crocs: Tenth Circuit Address Extraterritoriality Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
21
2016
Sanctions for Failing to Investigate Insurance under Federal Rule 26 Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
10
2011
SCO Can’t Claim Ownership of the UNIX Operating System McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
13
2023
SCOTUS Cert Recap: SCOTUS Adds 12 Cases To Docket, Including On Free Speech, Takings, Constitutional Remedies, And Claim Accrual Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
7
2023
SCOTUS Limits Extraterritorial Reach of Lanham Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
2
2018
SEC Administrative Law Judges: Key Takeaways and Lingering Questions from Lucia v. SEC Vedder Price
Nov
30
2023
Second Circuit Establishes Practical Pleading Requirement for Prohibited Transaction Claims Under ERISA Section 406(a)(1)(C) Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
14
2019
Security Company Found Vicariously Liable for TCPA Violations Committed by Lead Seller Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
5
2019
Seventh Circuit: ADA Does Not Prohibit Discrimination Based on Future Impairments Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
2
2015
Severance Payments May be Recoverable in a Company’s Bankruptcy Mintz
May
31
2017
Sexual Harassment Claim May Proceed Despite Lack Of Specificity In EEOC Charge Holland & Hart LLP
Apr
23
2020
Shutting the Gate: Temporary Worker Excluded From FLSA Collective Action Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
2
2013
SINUSENSE and SINUCLEANSE Not Likely to Cause Consumer Confusion in Trademark Litigation Case: Water Pik, Inc. v. Med-Systems, Inc. McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
22
2019
Soundboard Calls Are Found to Qualify As “Prerecorded Voice” Calls, At Least When They Do Not “Interact With the Customer Except In Preprogrammed And Meaningless Ways” Faegre Drinker
Sep
5
2023
State Regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers: Tenth Circuit Holds That ERISA and Medicare Part D Preempt Key Parts of Oklahoma PBM Law Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Apr
21
2020
Statutory Penalties and Prospective Injunction Not Covered By Insurance in TCPA Case Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
29
2020
Stay in your lane! Wyoming Federal Court Finds BLM Venting and Flaring Rule Intrudes on EPA Authority Hunton Andrews Kurth
Oct
17
2022
STAY PUT: City of Albuquerque Receives Discovery Stay in TCPA Suit Over Tele-Townhalls Troutman Amin, LLP
Jul
14
2022
Stormy Weather Ahead: Lack of Causation Evidence Rains Out Appeal McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
15
2023
Strong Move: Court Modifies a TCPA DNC Class Definition At the Pleadings Stage And it is Beautiful To See Troutman Amin, LLP
Nov
18
2021
SUED FOR WHAT YOU DON’T SAY: New Text Message Content TCPA Theory Gaining Steam–And its Scary Stuff Troutman Amin, LLP
Aug
31
2023
Suit Revived Against Monopolist that Foreclosed Market Through Threats MoginRubin
Jan
20
2014
Supreme Court Case Likely to Resolve Dispute on What Government Must Prove in Bank Fraud Prosecutions Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
18
2014
Supreme Court Clarifies the Standard Governing Removal of Class Action Cases to Federal Court Proskauer Rose LLP
May
29
2009
Supreme Court Decides Exhaustion and Evidence Cases Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Oct
7
2014
Supreme Court Lets Gay Marriage Stand In Five States Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
3
2023
Supreme Court Limits Foreign Reach of U.S. Trademark Law K&L Gates
Jan
31
2017
Supreme Court Nominee Has Put “Reasonable” into Reasonable Accommodation Obligations Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
30
2023
Supreme Court Says Wedding Website Designer May Refuse Same-Sex Couples Under First Amendment Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
9
2013
Supreme Court To Consider Employers’ Arguments Regarding Contraceptive Mandate McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Nov
10
2022
Supreme Court to Consider Whether Lanham Act Reaches Foreign Defendants’ Extraterritorial Conduct McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
9
2018
Supreme Court to Decide Whether FDCPA Applies to Non-Judicial Foreclosure Proceedings Ballard Spahr LLP
Jul
5
2019
Supreme Court Update: Kisor v. Wilkie (No. 18-15), Food Marketing Institute v. Argus (No. 18-481), United States v. Haymond (No. 17-1762) Wiggin and Dana LLP
 

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