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The Lawsuit to End Red Rocks Rock ’n’ Roll Restrictions

Rock ’n’ roll music was banned from Colorado’s famous outdoor venue, until a lawsuit from music promoter Barry Fey brought it back.
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Denver’s Failed Attempt to Resist Alcohol Prohibition

The City and County of Denver’s attempt to resist a statewide prohibition on alcohol ended up in the Colorado Supreme Court.
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Mining Districts, One of the First Outcroppings of Law and Local Government in Colorado

Miners didn’t just dig up gold when they arrived in Colorado, they also set up some of the first courts and local governments in the state.
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Thomas Patterson’s Free Speech Battle Against the Colorado Supreme Court

Following the contentious election of 1904, sitting U.S. Senator Thomas Patterson battled the Colorado Supreme Court over contempt charges for his newspapers’ articles and cartoons criticizing the judicial body.
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A.J. Sampson, Colorado’s First Attorney General

In his decades long career, A.J. Sampson reached the rank of captain during the Civil War, served as Colorado’s first attorney general and as an ambassador to Ecuador.
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Philip Hornbein, a Force Inside and Outside the Courtroom

In a multi-decade legal career, Philip Hornbein led the state’s Democratic Party, opposed the Ku Klux Klan and defended many Coloradans in court.
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The Lawyer Who Brought Nikola Tesla to Colorado

The famous inventor spent a brief time experimenting in Colorado, but his lawyer was much more involved in the state.
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The Day a Wall of Water Hit Denver

On Aug. 3, 1933, Denver residents scrambled to avoid a 15-foot wall of water unleashed by the collapse of the Castlewood Dam.
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