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Delegate to Durban conference up for 10th Circuit nod

Walter Olson — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:32:27 +0000

Keith Harper, now with Kilpatrick Stockton, is a longtime Native American Rights Fund attorney and class counsel in the gigantic Indian trust fund litigation, Cobell. Some critics focus on his prospective appointment for an “Oklahoma seat” on the court, others are not happy with developments in Cobell. [Tulsa World, Kimberly Craven/Billings Gazette]

Tags: Indian tribes, Oklahoma, Tenth Circuit

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“Negligent-security” law, down Memory Lane

Walter Olson — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:56:26 +0000

Eugene Volokh recalls (with a followup) a groundbreaking 1973 case in which the Tenth Circuit ruled that it could be found negligent for a supermarket to have installed a silent alarm that summoned the police when a holdup was in practice; a hostage was killed in the resulting shootout. The case is consistent with others in which lawyers have advanced theories summed up in the phrase “negligent provocation”.

Tags: on other blogs, Tenth Circuit, third party liability for crime

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Howard Hughes “Mormon Will” case, thirty years later

Walter Olson — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:58:05 +0000

Thirty years after a jury ruled against his claims to be the inheritor of a fractional share of the reclusive tycoon’s wealth, Melvin Dummar still hasn’t given up. In a 19-page opinion, the Tenth Circuit has now upheld the dismissal of his latest lawsuit. (Pamela Manson, “10th Circuit Court of Appeals rules against Melvin Dummar and the ‘Mormon Will’”, Salt Lake Tribune, Sept. 13)(via Know Your Courts, Tenth Circuit/Colorado gadfly site).

Tags: Jarndyce redux, Tenth Circuit, wills and trusts

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We were counting on you for favorable testimony, cont’d

Walter Olson — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:27:25 +0000

Robert Ambrogi has more discussion on that case from Utah (Apr. 8 ) in which a litigant is suing an expert witness who changed his mind on the eve of trial about his willingness to support a medical malpractice suit, resulting in an adverse outcome. He mentions this site and quotes Ted, who

believes that [dissenting Tenth Circuit Judge Neil] Gorsuch is correct in his analysis. “The incentives of expert witnesses to give independent truthful opinions are already distorted, and should not be distorted further.”

Beyond that, the court appears not to have thought through the consequences of its decision, he says. “Every cross-examination of an expert at deposition should now include questions relating to the expert’s fear of being sued.”

(Bullseye newsletter, May; sidebar on state-by-state immunities for experts).

Tags: about the site, expert witnesses, Tenth Circuit

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