Supreme Court Issues Life Insurance Opinion General Assembly may not give...
The Colorado Supreme Court on April 27 issued a decision clarifying whether Colorado law or an interstate compact should govern life insurance exclusions for suicide. In a case that has been closely...
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Foster v. Plock The Supreme Court considered whether mutuality is a necessary element of defensive claim preclusion. Although multiple divisions of the Court of Appeals have concluded that mutuality...
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People in the Interest of Z.T.T The appeal required the Supreme Court to answer whether a defendant’s confession to an Army investigator during basic training was the product of coercion. The Supreme...
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Editor’s note: Summaries are pulled from court opinions and edited for style, clarity and space. COLORADO SUPREME COURT OPINIONS FOR MAY 30 England v. Amerigas Propane Petitioner, Victor England, a...
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Colorado Supreme Court People v. Stock In 2011, a jury convicted Susan Stock of third degree burglary and theft for stealing money from vending machines at the hotel where she worked. The Court of...
View Article10th Circuit Court of Appeals Opinions Opinions published during the week of...
Editor’s Note: Court opinions are summarized by Law Week Colorado U.S. v. Chica-Orellana This matter is before the court on the government’s motion to enforce the appeal waiver in Jose...
View ArticleSupreme Court: Polis Can’t Be Removed from Transgender Inmate Case By...
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled last week that the governor may be named as a party in a case involving the rights of imprisoned transgender women. With its opinion in the original proceeding, the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Hears Arguments in Case of Feedlot Hit by Flood State says...
The Colorado Supreme Court heard oral arguments Feb. 10 in a case that questions whether a cattle feedlot is liable for “taking” wildlife after a severe rainstorm caused one of its wastewater ponds to...
View ArticleSupreme Court Clarifies Marital Property Questions Court clarifies...
The Colorado Supreme Court on Feb. 16 delivered opinions in a pair of divorce disputes that have raised concerns among family law attorneys. Under Colorado’s Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act,...
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