30 August 2018

United States Supreme Court holds a warrant is required to obtain cell phone location data; holds it has appellate jurisdiction over the courts martial system and rejects a challenge to court martial conviction based on dual office holding by a military appellate judge; rejects a double jeopardy challenge to a felon in possession conviction; rejects antitrust challenge to credit card antisteering provisions; rejects most of a challenge to Texas redistricting plan; rejects challenge to entry ban on certain countries; holds certain crisis pregnancy center disclosures violated the centers’ free speech rights; remands water rights dispute between Georgia and Florida for further proceedings; and overrules precedent to hold compulsory nonmember union fair share fees for public employees are unconstitutional.

by William Gaskill

17 January 2018

10th Circuit holds ski resort liability waiver bars suit for injury during ski lesson; affirms in part and reveres in part judgments in an oil and gas royalties case; affirms judgment notwithstanding verdict to defendant in cable set top box antitrust case; affirms ruling that certain regulations are void for going against plain language of Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; and limits value of real estate charitable deductions for trusts and estates to adjusted basis in property.

by William Gaskill

3 July 2017

10th Circuit holds attorney fee calculation in diversity common fund cases is controlled by state law; affirms dismissal of challenge to state attorney discipline decision; and rejects challenge to Kansas regulation requiring certain applications of termite pesticide.

by William Gaskill