Tag:Colorado Court of Appeals
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...