7 March 2017

10th Circuit holds municipal ban on providing false information about a person’s identity is not crime involving moral turpitude for immigration purposes; holds claims arising from EPA investigation and raid barred by sovereign immunity; remands wage claim to determine if employee performed enough no-tipped work to trigger minimum wage requirement; and dismisses appeal of denial of reconsideration of qualified immunity defense.

by William Gaskill

7 November 2016

10th Circuit rejects per diem based overtime claim and forest firefighting tort claim.

by William Gaskill

6 June 2016

United States Supreme Court holds prisoners must exhaust administrative remedies before bringing certain federal lawsuits if the administrative remedies are truly available and holds judgment bar in Federal tort claim Act does not apply when a prior suit against a government entity is dismissed under the discretionary functions test.

by William Gaskill

23 May 2016

10th Circuit holds omitting facts about a claim against federal government in administrative claim waives all claims based on the omitted facts.

by William Gaskill

22 April 2015

United States Supreme Court holds equitable tolling applies to Federal Tort Claim Act claims.

by William Gaskill

21 January 2015

10th Circuit holds Federal Tort Claim Act statute of limitations still jurisdictional; that actual knowledge or the reasonable person standard can prove a statement against interest and issues one other published opinion.

by William Gaskill