Court Opinions: A Split US Supreme Court Rules Some Section 1983 Claims Can’t be...
The high court ruled that for Section 1983 claims challenging delays in the administrative process, state courts can’t deny those claims on failure-to-exhaust grounds.
Court Opinions: Appeals Court Again Reverses Immunity for Officer Involved in Fatal Motor Collision
The Colorado Court of Appeals, in a case on remand from the Colorado Supreme Court, again reversed CGIA immunity for a police officer and a Colorado town.
Court Opinions: Colorado Judge Suspends Two Attorneys for Dishonesty, Misrepresentation
Colorado’s presiding disciplinary judge suspended two attorneys Feb. 14 for dishonesty or fraud and misrepresentation.
Court Opinion: Appeals Court Rules Statute Doesn’t Require Parent to be Paying Attention During...
The Colorado Court of Appeals held that the state statute on juvenile interrogations doesn’t include a parental attentiveness requirement.
Court Opinion: 10th Circuit Affirms Award of a Severance Plan Following Job Role Diminishment...
The 10th Circuit found the district court didn’t err in awarding an employee a severance plan under an acquisition agreement after his role was diminished.
Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Rejects Miranda Appeals in Kelsey Berreth, Ashley Mead Murder...
The state Supreme Court determined that child welfare caseworkers involved with the child placements in the murder cases of Kelsey Berreth and Ashley Mead didn’t need to give Miranda warnings.
Court Opinions: Appeals Court Disapproves of Ruling in Case Involving Counterman Analysis
The Colorado Court of Appeals found that a court had erroneously applied the Counterman standard to a stalking case.
Court Opinion: Colorado Supreme Court Rules Police ‘Facilitated’ K-9 Search During a Traffic Stop
The Colorado Supreme Court determined a K-9 agent’s vehicle search in Lakewood violated the Fourth Amendment.
Court Opinions: Appeals Court Holds Permanent Protection Order Final, Appealable
The appeals court found that a permanent protection order entered before permanent orders in an ongoing dissolution is a final and appealable order.
Court Opinion: Attorney Disbarred in Colorado in Reciprocal Discipline Case
Colorado’s disciplinary judge imposed reciprocal discipline, disbarring an attorney who was disbarred in Arizona in September 2024.