Salt Lake City Corporation v. Thomas Gallegos (Utah Ct. App., June 3, 2016) (vacating the Commission's reversal of Gallegos' termination because the Commission applied the incorrect standard of review)
Discrimination and Retaliation
*Pretlow v. James (10th Cir., May 31, 2016) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the Air Force on Pretlow's retaliation claim because the admitted reasons for his termination were not pretextual)
Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease
*Chavez v. Colvin (10th Cir., June 2, 2016) (affirming denial of disability benefits: the administrative law judge's reasons for discounting the relevant medical opinions were neither insufficient nor illegitimate)
*Cases marked with an asterisk are cases the 10th Circuit
does not consider binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the
case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.
They may be cited, however, for persuasive value under Fed.R.App.P. 32.1
and 10th Cir.R. 32.1.