Court Opinion: Colorado’s PDJ Suspends Attorney After He Called a Former Client a ‘Crybaby,’...
Colorado’s disciplinary judge suspended an attorney after several online and in-person altercations with a former client.
Court Opinion: Appeals Court Rules Lime Not Liable for Rented Electric Scooter Collision
In a limited ruling, the appeals court concluded that Lime didn’t have a duty to protect the public from users’ unsafe operation of its electric scooters.
Court Opinions: 10th Circuit Concludes a State Student Loan Authority is Not Immune to...
The 10th Circuit found that the state loan authority of Missouri was not an arm of the state entitled to 11th Amendment immunity.
Court Opinion: Appeals Court Finds No Error in Medical Expert Testifying to Cause of...
The Colorado Court of Appeals concluded that a medical expert’s testimony was admissible in a case where the original cause of death was undetermined.
Court Opinions: 10th Circuit Dissolves Injunction Against Colorado Law Raising the Minimum Age for...
The 10th Circuit found that the district court erred when it granted a preliminary injunction against a Colorado law raising the minimum age for gun purchases and sales in the state.
Court Opinion: US Supreme Court Vacates 11th Circuit Ruling in Capital Punishment Intellectual Disability...
In a case related to how courts should evaluate multiple IQ scores, the Supreme Court found an appellate court was unclear in its original ruling. It remanded the case and granted review.
Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Holds State Engineer Can Limit Water Withdrawals in Well...
The state’s high court held that the state engineer does have the authority to limit the withdrawal of water for certain well permits it issues.
Court Opinion: Appeals Court Holds Parolees Can Seek Judicial Review Without Administrative Appeal
The Colorado Court of Appeals determined that an administrative appeal isn’t required for a parolee to seek judicial review.
Court Opinions: 10th Circuit Reverses Decision Upholding Thunder Basin 2020 Plan Amendment
The 10th Circuit agreed with the conservation groups that the Thunder Basin plan amendment failed to comply with the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.
Court Opinion: Appeals Court Rules Defaulting Codefendant can be Called to Testify
The appeals court held that default entered against a codefendant can’t restrict the non-defaulting codefendant’s right to defend itself.