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Court Opinion: Colorado Supreme Court Affirms Disciplinary Judgment for Attorney Following ‘Expletive-Laden Outbursts’ at School District Staff in IEP Case

The attorney also called a school district staff member a “despicable creature and a cancer to kids” in a follow up email, later telling OARC investigators “I like to call things what they are.”

Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Holds Courts Can Reimpose Probation on Sentences Served Without Violating Allman v. People

The state Supreme Court also ruled this week that a trial court has no freestanding authority to order discovery absent certain authorizations.

Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Sides with CSU in Class Action Student Lawsuit Over 2020 Campus Closure

The Colorado Supreme Court overturned a split appellate decision that reinstated a group of CSU students’ unjust enrichment claims. It held that the claims for breach of contract and unjust enrichment were mutually exclusive in this case.

Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Rules an Electric Company Can Charge Customers Higher Rates

The state Supreme Court found an energy company could charge a customer a higher rate to cover its own costs during a cold snap.

Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Rules in a Pair of Cases That Wells-Yates Didn’t Announce New Substantive Rules of Constitutional Law

In two companion cases, the state’s high court determined its procedural new constitutional rules in Wells-Yates can’t be applied retroactively to other cases.

Court Opinion: Colorado Supreme Court Finds a Right to Jury Trial in FED-Possession Cases

In forcible entry and detainer cases, the state Supreme Court found Colorado Rule of Civil Procedure 338(a) and the FED statute confer a right to a jury trial regarding factual disputes.

Court Opinion: PDJ Disbars Attorney After Finding She Continued an Immigration Practice While Under Suspension

Colorado’s PDJ disbarred an attorney after disciplinary authorities discovered multiple times she practiced law while she was suspended for six months in 2023.