Courts

Making a Case for Defining ‘Debt’

With a recent ruling on non-judicial foreclosures, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals added one more voice to the conflicting opinions from other federal circuits...

Court Opinions- Jan 29, 2018

Norton v. Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood, Inc.  The Supreme Court considered whether the petitioner’s complaint alleged a violation of article five, section 50...

Directing the Flow of Funds

The Colorado Supreme Court last week gave the final word in a case involving Planned Parenthood, which questioned whether the state “indirectly” funded abortion...

Oral Arguments Heard in Fort Collins Topless Ban Case

A lawsuit challenging the City of Fort Collins’ topless ban has reached the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Brittiany Hoagland, founder of the Fort...

New Rules Issued for Colorado’s Judicial Evaluations

Colorado has new rules on deck that will control its judicial performance commissions and how they evaluate the state’s judges. The Office of Judicial Performance...

Court Opinions- Jan 22, 2018

 People v. Fields and People v. Reed On the night of Jan. 29, 2017, the Florence Police Department received a 911 call from a woman...

Defining ‘Contraband’

The Colorado Supreme Court last week announced it will hear a marijuana case that once again highlighted the gray area of the law created...

Law Firm Defends Fraud Claims Before Supreme Court

Denver law firm Davis Graham & Stubbs was party to a lawsuit before the Colorado Supreme Court earlier in January. The case, heard by...

Reaching Across Oceans

The U.S. Supreme Court will, for the second time, consider WesternGeco v. ION Geophysical Corporation, which has subverted legislation about jurisdictional boundaries of patent...

Colorado Lawmakers Back Hemp

A group of lawmakers filed an amicus brief on Jan. 11 in a case before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concerning the Drug...