30 March 2018

10th Circuit rejects challenges to Colorado legal marijuana regime and affirms dismissal of a defamation complaint arising from a dateline NBC expose.

by William Gaskill

17 August 2016

10th Circuit reinstates RICO claim against mortgage lender; holds no violation in withholding certain classified information at sentencing; and instructs district to follow precedent in handling a habeas petition.

by William Gaskill

29 June 2016

The United States Supreme Court strikes down Texas restrictions on abortion doctors; upholds University of Texas’ race conscious admission plan; reminds federal agencies they must explain why they change their views on a statute they enforce; rejects suppression of evidence when an officer discovers there is an arrest warrant out for a person they have illegally stopped; holds decision to initiate review of a patent is not judicially reviewable; rejects extraterritorial private RICO cause of action; holds robbing a marijuana dealer is per se violation the Hobbs Act; concludes violations of Iowa’s burglary statute are not violent felonies for career criminal purposes; approves warrantless breath tests DUI cases; narrowly construes the public corrupt statute and holds reckless domestic violence misdemeanor convictions trigger a lifetime ban on possessing firearms.

by William Gaskill

8 December 2014

10th Circuit holds factual inference but not fraud on market theory can satisfy commonality requirement in RICO class action suits and issues two other published opinions.

by William Gaskill