A county employee sued his former employer for demoting him after he testified as a character witness at his sister-in-law’s custody hearing. The plaintiff urged the Tenth Circuit to adopt a per se rule that treated all truthful testimony given…
The Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s order arresting the defendant’s conviction for stalking, holding that the State need not prove the defendant knew or should have known that his emails about the victim would be shared with her…
The Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s order arresting the defendant’s conviction for stalking, holding that the State need not prove the defendant knew or should have known that his emails about the victim would be shared with her…
In this employment case, an intern argued that she should be treated as an employee under federal discrimination laws, even though she received no pay, because she received benefits from the internship program, including completing requirements of education program and…
In what appears to be a case of first impression, the Tenth Circuit held evidence obtained during a search pursuant to a search warrant was seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment because the warrant had become stale, not due…
In this appeal from an order dismissing claims for failure to prosecute, the Court of Appeals addressed “the misuse of a third-party action,” which it described as a common mistake, and took an “opportunity to remind practitioners of the quite…
The plaintiff sued her church for negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress after she was subjected to church disciplinary proceedings and forced to listen to an audio recording of her being raped by another church member for several hours,…
In a dispute between a telephone system provider and for-profit colleges, the Court of Appeals granted interlocutory review to decide whether the trial court properly denied a motion to exclude the plaintiffs’ two experts. The district court reasoned that issues…
The State convicted Bela Fritz of criminal drug charges and he was sentenced to prison using Bela Fritz’s criminal history. Then, during the prison intake process, a corrections officer discovered that the man was not Bela Fritz after all. The…
Snow Christensen & Martineau is pleased to announce 18 of its attorneys in 8 categories were selected as Utah Business magazine’s Utah Legal Elite for 2019. The magazine honors those lawyers that have been nominated the “Legal Elite” by their…
