black lung benefits – Binding the Law

9 February 2018

10th Circuit holds reduction of sentence does not restart habeas clock; affirms conviction for interfering with a flight crew; holds challenge to mandatory crime of violence sentencing guideline is untimely; rejects a challenge to black lung survivor benefits; holds arbitration provision in gaming compact unenforceable and orders it severed; and affirms rejection of claims arising from accidental tear gas exposure in a prison.

by William Gaskill

12 June 2017

10th Circuit holds tribal lands are not subject to eminent domain for utility rights of way and affirms award of black lung benefits.

by William Gaskill

13 November 2015

10th Circuit holds warrantless searches can be a condition of supervised release for those who are not sex offender felons and that the black lung benefits rules preamble may be consulted by administrative law judges to evaluate medical testimony.

by William Gaskill