Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals News

Remember Joseph Nacchio, the former CEO of Qwest Communications International who was convicted on federal insider-trading charges in 2007 and is currently serving a six-year sentence in a federal prison? As the Supreme Court wrapped up its term last spring, it signaled an interest in his petition for certiorari by issuing an order requesting the ...

On December 8, U.S. District Court Judge Judith Herrera, a Bush, Jr., appointee, ruled that New Mexico ballot access laws are unconstitutional to the extent that they make it impossible for someone who is not registered to vote to get on the ballot for Congress.

Columbus could wind up paying tens of thousands of dollars in retirement benefits, interest and penalties because of poorly written contracts that misclassified a group of city workers going back nearly 35 years ago.

A death-row inmate who has twice been found guilty of capital murder is now asking for a third competency hearing, this time in federal court.

These are the full-time judges of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, listed by which president appointed them, the president's political party and the year the judge was appointed: Paul Kelly Jr., Santa Fe, N.M. President George H.W. Bush, R,1992 Harris Hartz, Albuquerque, N.M. President George W. Bush, R, 2001 Terrence O'Brien, Cheyenne, Wyo.

Robert H. Henry, chief judge of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, stunned colleagues, friends and staff Thursday when he announced that he'll give up his lifetime federal appointment to become head of Oklahoma City University.

Judge Robert H. Henry, chief judge of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Gov.

Reynolds amicus brief.pdf - This week the Institute for Justice and the Reason Foundation filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of Siobhan Reynolds, the pain treatment activist who is fighting a federal prosecutor's vindictive obstruction-of-justice investigation.

"Plaintiff asked the court to issue a declaratory judgment stating that the Senate must act on [judicial] nominations within four months and that any nominee not put to a vote in that time would be deemed confirmed by the Senate 'as a matter of law.'" As a non-precedential ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday ...

A lawsuit filed by the Tarrant Regional Water District against Oklahoma for water access issues north of the Red River is on hold as Tarrant Regional officials work to file a revised complaint to restart the suit.

A federal appeals court decision released Friday states that the seven-year prison sentence given to a man convicted of trying to engage in sexual activity with a minor was not unreasonable.

A Colombian man who has been seeking asylum from his native country amid claims that he was discriminated against for his religious and political views had his petition denied by a federal appeals court Wednesday.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected another request by former Qwest Communications International Inc.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected another request by former Qwest Communications International Inc.

Employment lawyers are hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will resolve a conflict in the federal circuits over the so-called cat's paw theory.

Coming soon to a courtroom near you: The SCO Group's high-profile lawsuit against Novell Inc., or perhaps it'll be SCO versus Novell and IBM.

The Cherokee Nation told a federal appeals court Monday that a judge in Tulsa erred in excluding it from Oklahoma's lawsuit against the poultry industry regarding pollution in the Illinois River watershed.

Gwen Bergman appealed her murder-for-hire case to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Thursday in hopes that a three-judge panel will overturn the conviction on grounds she had ineffective counsel.

The Cherokee Nation has appealed a federal judge's ruling that blocked the tribe from joining Oklahoma's water pollution lawsuit against 11 Arkansas poultry companies.