Holger-Helmut Brummer appeals the district court’s order that he forfeit two firearms and six rounds of ammunition pursuant to his conviction of knowingly and willfully failing to declare firearms to a common carrier in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(e). Specifically, Brummer argues that the forfei...   MORE>>

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, The Wilderness Society and the Sierra Club (collectively SUWA) appeal from the district court’s denial of their motion to intervene in this action brought by Kane County, Utah, to quiet title to several purported rights-of-way across federal public lands within K...   MORE>>

Appellant, James L. Cheeseman, pled guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), which criminalizes possession of firearms and ammunition by an unlawful user or addict of a controlled substance. He appeals from the District Court’s judgment directing the forfeiture of over 600 firearms and ammuniti...   MORE>>

In this appeal, based on diversity jurisdiction, appellant Federal Insurance Company ("Federal"), the insurer of Berkshire Retirement Community, Inc. ("Berkshire Retirement"), challenges the district court's decision to grant summary judgment on its subrogation claim in favor of defendants Commerce ...   MORE>>

In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Plaintiff-Appellant James Warren Schreiber (“Schreiber”) appeals the district court’s decision to grant, in part, the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. In particular, Schreiber argues that the district court erred in concluding that, as a matter of la...   MORE>>

Seventeen plaintiffs brought suit to prevent the District of Columbia from acquiring a shopping center by eminent domain. Because only four of the plaintiffs own or lease properties in the shopping center, and those four are litigating this matter in the District of Columbia’s court system, we aff...   MORE>>

Jason Lee Jennen was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and was sentenced to thirty-seven months in prison. Jennen had entered a conditional guilty plea for this offense, and permissibly appeals the district court’s denial of ...   MORE>>

Jason Lee Jennen was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and was sentenced to thirty-seven months in prison. Jennen had entered a conditional guilty plea for this offense, and permissibly appeals the district court’s denial of ...   MORE>>

Jason Lee Jennen was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and was sentenced to thirty-seven months in prison. Jennen had entered a conditional guilty plea for this offense, and permissibly appeals the district court’s denial of ...   MORE>>

When the Enterprise, a large cargo ship, positioned itself to receive a load of coal on the shores of Lake Erie, it struck a land-based coal-loading machine operated by Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Company and The Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Company. Bessemer and its affiliate filed this admiralty a...   MORE>>