Tag:U.S. Supreme Court

Capital Punishment: An Effective Deterrent or Failed Public Policy?

Colorado’s Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced a controversial bill to repeal the death penalty after nearly six hours of testimony, and the measure...

Litigation Ends for Masterpiece Cakeshop

The State of Colorado and Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips have agreed to end litigation. The announcement came Tuesday via a press release from the...

Plaintiffs Must Wait to Sue Over Copyrights, High Court Rules

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a major decision over the timing of copyright infringement lawsuits. On March 4, the Supreme Court settled a...

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Consider Colorado’s Frozen Embryos Case

A case of first impression in Colorado has changed shape from a marital property issue to a question of personhood in a recently filed...

10th Circuit Concludes Recreational Use Statute Case

After a second trip to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, a case blaming the federal government for a man’s traumatic brain injury reached...

Federal Appellate Court Considers ‘Right to Bail’

While bail reform efforts across the country seek alternatives to cash bail, appellants in a case that went before the 10th Circuit Court of...

A Simple Fact Pattern With Muddy Interpretations

Do attorneys who carry out nonjudicial foreclosures meet the definition of “debt collectors” under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act? The courts of appeals...

2018 Lawyers Of The Year: Jon Rauchway

Davis Graham & Stubbs partner Jon Rauchway had a 2018 where cases stacked up to the point that four of them were set for...