Tag:Colorado Court of Appeals

Colorado Supreme Court: Prejudgment Interest Applies to Garnishment Awards

In what the Colorado Supreme Court called “seemingly interminable litigation,” the almost decade-long insurance dispute of Thompson v. Catlin has just received its latest...

The Dissolution of Common Law Marriage

The Colorado Court of Appeals last week said the state should recognize same-sex common law marriages that existed before the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling...

Former DORA Employee Claims Agency Discriminated Against Him for Being Gay, Fired Him in Retaliation

A former employee at Colorado’s regulatory watchdog says the agency subjected him to a hostile work environment where he was harassed for being gay,...

Matthew Grove Appointed to Court of Appeals

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday appointed Matthew Grove to the Colorado Court of Appeals.  Grove is a senior assistant attorney general and assistant solicitor general...

Court Opinions- Nov 26, 2019

People v. Sandoval Floyd Sandoval appealed the judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of felony murder, aggravated robbery and menacing. The...

Supreme Court Analyzes Colorado’s Sentencing Scheme

Colorado criminal courts can hand out enhanced prison sentences when they determine that the crimes committed had “extraordinary aggravating circumstances.” The state Supreme Court...

Large-Capacity Magazine Ban Upheld

At the Colorado Court of Appeals last week, a gun owner advocacy group suffered a setback in its bid to have the state’s large-capacity...

Court Opinions- Oct 08, 2018

People v. Oliver  This case called on the Colorado Court of Appeals to distinguish between defense counsel’s power to stipulate to an element of an...