Tag:Colorado Supreme Court
Opinion
Will the 2019 Legislative Session Offer Relief to the Gallagher Squeeze?
Many Colorado local governments that are primarily dependent upon property tax revenues continue to be impacted by provisions of a 1982 amendment to the...
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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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When is a Search a Search?
A case before the Colorado Supreme Court could redefine how police search for illicit drugs during traffic stops.
The court heard oral arguments Wednesday for...
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Parents’ Presence Destroys Privilege in Stroke Victim’s Case
When a third party is present in a meeting between a lawyer and a client in Colorado, that meeting isn’t protected by attorney-client privilege...
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People
Three Join Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie announced the addition of three attorneys as associates at the firm’s Denver office. Aurora Barnes, Megan Cunningham Fugier and Stephen...
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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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A Decision 37 Years in the Making
Fourteen years after the Colorado Supreme Court remanded a then-23-year-old case about ancestral land rights to the district court, the Court of Appeals has...
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Court Opinions- Nov 19, 2018
People v. Janis
Erin Janis stabbed a man outside a bar in Denver and for that was charged with first-degree assault. She claimed self-defense, and...