May 6, 2021
The district court denied appellants’ petition to change their legal sex designations pursuant to Utah Code § 42-1-1, which governs name and sex change petitions, reasoning that because Utah does not have a statute setting forth the standards or procedures for…
May 4, 2021
These related appeals presented interesting questions about appellate standing, jurisdiction, and ripeness. Both arose from a criminal case in which the district court learned after charges were filed that a prosecutor had obtained recordings of conversations between detainees and their…
Apr 29, 2021
An inmate filed a petition for extraordinary relief arguing that the parole board violated her constitutional rights by rescinding her parole. The court dismissed the petition as moot because the parole board reinstated the inmate’s parole after the appeal was…
Apr 27, 2021
This appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss addressed the constitutionality of mid-stream Miranda warnings. Confronted with a splintered Supreme Court decision on the issue, the Tenth Circuit adopted, as a matter of first impression, the standard set…
Apr 22, 2021
The Tenth Circuit affirmed summary judgment to the defendant forklift manufacturer in this products liability case, based on the plaintiff’s failure to provide admissible expert testimony showing that a safer, feasible alternative design existed at the time of his injury. …
Apr 22, 2021
The Tenth Circuit joined the Third, Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits to hold that a tax court order disposing of some, but not all, claims arising from the same proceeding is not immediately appealable under 26 U.S.C. § 7482(a)(1) unless the…
Apr 21, 2021
A well-known priest in the community appealed his conviction on seven counts of sexual abuse, arguing that the jury pre-determined his guilt and the trial court abused its discretion in allowing so many former victims to testify. Affirming, the Tenth…
Apr 15, 2021
This appeal arose from Kodiak America LLC’s challenge to a land-use determination by Summit County. The county argued that Kodiak’s challenge was barred by res judicata, citing a prior proceeding addressing the same land-use determination in which Kodiak was denied…
Apr 15, 2021
In this appeal from the Labor Commission’s denial of worker’s compensation benefits, the court of appeals set aside the Commission’s decision and instructed it to revisit the claim under the idiopathic fall doctrine. In holding that the idiopathic fall doctrine…
Apr 1, 2021
A jury found the defendant guilty of electronic harassment based on a barrage of angry messages sent via Facebook. The trial court rejected his challenge to the constitutionality of the electronic communications statute. Affirming, the court of appeals held (a) Utah…
