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Sola Salon Didn't Breach Lease By Assigning Rights
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It's not often that we come across a Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals case that is largely dedicated to the elements of a contract instead of precedent. Today's...
Social Security Can Be Excluded from Disposable Income Calculation
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While bankruptcy rates continue to decline, there are still plenty of people filing for bankruptcy. And many of those seeking bankruptcy protection are senior...
No Notice of Appeal? No Problem
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A notice of appeal isn't the only way to challenge an issue in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. This week, the Denver-based court concluded that appellants...
Tenth Circuit: Head of State Immunity Bars Rwanda Genocide Case
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On April 16, 1994, two surface-to-air missiles downed an aircraft carrying then Rwandan and Burundi Presidents, Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira,...
Supreme Court Rejects Roadless Rule Review
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The Supreme Court won't touch the Roadless Rule in the 2012 Term. Monday, the Court denied petitions for certiorari from the Colorado Mining Association and...
'You're Going to Jail Because You've Got a Case of the Attitude'
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This week, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals clarified that -- despite the government's increasing interference to every aspect of a person's life -- having...