judge michael murphy
-
10th Circuit chides judge for not following rules when penalizing plaintiff for not following rules
A federal judge did not follow the rules when he seemed to penalize a plaintiff for not following the rules, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Tuesday. Robert Carraway had filed suit against State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, alleging the insurer did not properly investigate and compensate Carraway for hail damage…
-
10th Circuit allows jury to decide multimillion-dollar antitrust lawsuit
A jury will decide whether a manufacturer broke the law by threatening its customers with retaliation if they bought product from a rival supplier, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Monday. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit found a trial judge wrongly sided with defendant…
-
10th Circuit upholds Colorado Springs police’s gun search after second look at case
Two years after ruling that Colorado Springs police used an unconstitutional search warrant to recover illegally owned guns from a man’s property, the federal appeals court based in Denver has conceded the officers nonetheless acted in good faith. The decision means the key evidence of a crime – the guns themselves – did not need to be…