Tag:forcible entry and detainer

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.