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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: US Supreme Court Says USCIS, Secretary of Homeland Security Can Revoke Visa Petitions for ‘Sham-Marriage’ Finding Without Judicial Review

In a unanimous decision on Dec. 10, the U.S. Supreme Court held that revoking an approved visa petition based on a sham-marriage determination by the Secretary of Homeland Security is the kind of discretionary decision that strips federal courts of jurisdiction to review certain actions.

Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Publicly Censures Former Juvenile Court Presiding Judge for Firing an Employee Who Reported Concerns Over His Alcohol Impairment at...

The state Supreme Court also found that a license plate registered to a different vehicle provides reasonable suspicion of motor vehicle theft and it ruled a public entity may not deny a CORA request because the requestor is in litigation with it.

Court Opinions: Colorado’s PDJ Suspends One Attorney, Issues Amended Opinion Imposing Sanctions on Linda Stanley

Colorado’s disciplinary judge suspended an attorney after he failed to progress on a CFI report. The judge also issued an amended opinion for Linda Stanley.

Court Opinions: Supreme Court Denies Stays on Preliminary Injunctions Against Expanded Sex Discrimination Definition for Title IX

The Supreme Court ruled the government didn’t meet its burden to disprove the new allegedly unlawful provisions impact others of the rule.