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Plaintiff Isn't the Only Master of a Complaint
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The plaintiff in a lawsuit is generally the master of his complaint, but the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that the defendant can have a say...
SCOTUS Overturns 10th Circuit on Stolen Valor Act
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The vast majority of Thursday’s news cycle will be dedicated the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act. A far smaller portion of news...
Cookie Coercion? Tea Party Doesn't Trump Waiver of Appeal
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Earlier this year, we learned that the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals won’t suppress a confession based on a defendant’s assertion that she was under the...
Prosecutorial Misconduct Claims Win Second Shot at Appeal
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Two men convicted on drug-related charges are getting a second chance to appeal their convictions after alleging that they were the victims of prosecutorial...
'Overwhelming Evidence': Nude Farming Is Not Therapy
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
A Kansas social worker convicted of enslaving mentally-ill residents of a group home, and forcing them to engage in sexual acts and nude farming as part of...
Robert Bacharach's Tenth Circuit Nomination Held Up in Senate
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert E. Bacharach has support from his home state senators and a "unanimously well qualified" rating from the American Bar Association,...