Indian Country – Binding the Law

5 April 2018

10th Circuit reveres grants of qualified immunity in part and holds the Creek Reservation has not been disestablished and a murder conviction and death sentence must therefore be set aside for lack of state court subject matter jurisdiction.

by William Gaskill

19 January 2017

10th Circuit affirms rejection of disability discrimination claim; reaffirms that Congress can criminalize intrastate child pornography production; approves a division of liability between two insurers of the same fire damaged building; and holds a certain part of Wasatch County, Utah is not Indian country.

by William Gaskill

9 August 2016

10th Circuit again tells Utah municipalities to stop prosecuting crimes which occur on Ute reservation land and affirms a qualified immunity judgment for an arresting officer.

by William Gaskill