10th Circuit to Hear Arguments at Washburn Law, March 2007
Quick Reminders
Security Check: Leave cell phones, backpacks, and/or purses in your lockers/cars/homes to expedite entrance to the courtroom. Make sure ALL CELL PHONES ARE TURNED OFF (cell phone must be shown to U.S. Marshals to verify that it has been turned off). A Washburn I.D. or driver's license is required to enter the courtroom.
Please be courteous and kind to the judges, clerks, attorneys, U.S. Marshals, and students that have worked to prepare for this event. Please remember to be quiet in the halls outside the courtroom and inside the courtroom at all times. Dress appropriately for court; if there are any questions regarding courtroom attire, ask your LARW professor.
All 1L "A" Section Students are required to attend the first oral argument of the day on FRIDAY – U.S. v. Crabb. Arrive NO LATER THAN 20 minutes before arguments are set to begin at 9:00 a.m. Please remain quiet outside the courtroom. Arguments last approximately 30 minutes. If you arrive after oral arguments have begun for a specific case, you will not be allowed to enter the courtroom.
All 1L "B" Section Students are required to attend the third argument of the day on FRIDAY – U.S. v. Moran. Exact start time is uncertain (probably around 10:00 a.m.) – so arrive NO LATER THAN 9:30 a.m.
Professor Goering's A/B Section Students are required to attend the first argument on Wednesday, March 7 at 9:00 a.m. – Kelley v. City of Albuquerque (racial and sexual discrimination). Arrive no later than 8:40 a.m.
Due to seating constraints in the courtroom, it is suggested that all 2L and 3L students attend cases on Wednesday and Thursday. A copy of the docket is also posted outside the courtroom.
Q & A Sessions: The 10th Circuit judges will be holding a question and answer session on Wednesday from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. in Room 100. A second panel of judges will be holding a question and answer session on Thursday in Room 102 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. All students are encouraged to attend any or all of these discussions as your class schedule permits. First year students have a mandatory oral argument at the end of this semester. It would be a great advantage to attend these sessions to learn as much as possible before being graded on advocacy skills.
Contact Taylor Hight at taylor.hight [at] washburn.edu with questions.
Washburn University School of Law and the Center for Excellence in Advocacy will host the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, March 7-9, 2007 in Topeka, Kansas. Cases on the docket are listed below. Arguments will be held each day at the law school in the Robinson Courtroom and Bianchino Technology Center beginning at 9 a.m.
Cases indicated by 
are scheduled for oral argument.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Cases on the docket:
- 05-2309 / 05-2317 - Judy K. Kelley v. City of Albuquerque, Appellant (Cross-Appeals) (New Mexico)
- 06-2049 - Center for Biological Diversity, et al., Appellants v. Gale Norton, etc., et al.; New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, Amicus Curiae (New Mexico)
- 06-2157 - Pope Moseley, et al., Appellants v. Board of Education for Albuquerque Public Schools (New Mexico)
- 06-3087 - James Barfield, et al., Appellants v. Commerce Bank NA (Kansas)
- 05-3461 - Marie Gaston, etc. v. Warren Ploeger, et al, Appellants (Kansas)
- 06-3084 - Lynn R. Zwygart, Appellant v. Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County, Kansas (Kansas)
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Cases on the docket:
- 05-8106 - James M. Eastman, et al., Plaintiffs; R. Michele Russell, etc. Appellant v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, etc, et al. (Wyoming)
- 06-4070 - Terry H. Fullwiley, Appellant v. Union Pacific Corporation, etc., et al.; National Employment Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae (Utah)
- 06-4073 - Ranee Tademy, Appellant v. Union Pacific Corporation, etc., et al.; National Employment Lawyers Association, et al., Amici Curiae (Utah)
- 06-5093 - David Beugler, et al., Appellants v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, et al. (Northern District, Oklahoma)
- 05-2293 - Rio Grande Silvery Minnow, etc., et al., Plaintiffs v. Bureau of Reclamation, etc., et al., Defendants; The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, Defendant-Intervenor, Appellant (New Mexico)
- 05-2399 / 06-2020 / 06-2021 - Rio Grande Silvery Minnow, etc., et al., Plaintiffs v. Bureau of Reclamation, etc., et al., Defendants - Appellants; The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, et al., Defendants-Intervenors, Appellants; State of Arizona, et al., Amici Curiae (New Mexico)
Friday, March 9, 2007
Cases on the docket:
- 05-2154 - United States of America v. Felipe Romero-Hernandez, Appellant (New Mexico)
- 06-2219 - United States of America v. Eric Lee Crabb, Appellant (New Mexico)
- 06-2079 - United States of America v. Wayne Jackson, Appellant (New Mexico)
- 06-2173 - United States of America v. Felipe Trevizo-Cera, Appellant (New Mexico)
- 06-2175 - United States of America v. David S. Moran, Appellant (New Mexico)
- 06-2217 - United States of America v. Nathan Archuleta, Appellant (New Mexico)
