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The History of Plain Language in Colorado Law

Plain language efforts date back to a 1990s movement to eliminate “legalese” and bring lawyers and their clients closer together.
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An Ode to the Does: A Look at Some of Colorado’s Unsolved Cases

Denver Police have closed 19 of 748 cold cases dating back to the 1970s with recent DNA breakthroughs, but some of the state’s most notorious cold cases are still missing victim identification
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A Trust Can’t Die: The unique beneficiary deeds issue presented in Fischbach v. Holzberlein

Beneficiaries in Colorado can receive property deeds from an owner after their death, but in 2009, an appellate court considered whether an “owner” could...
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Colorado’s ‘Aerospace Alley’ and the Start of Space Law Practice in Colorado

“Houston, we’ve had a problem here,” said astronaut and Denverite Jack Swigert aboard Apollo 13 in April 1970. The phrase would become the second...
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A Brief History of a Colorado Cult

American cults began growing wildly in popularity between the 1960s and 1990s. Colorado was no exception to this trend and has housed dozens of...

Colorado’s Republican Civil Rights Icon

Peter Dominick, a Holland & Hart lawyer, took office early in 1961 as a Republican U.S. representative after serving in World War II.
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Arrest Made in 1982 Breckenridge Cold Case

Colorado authorities last month announced an arrest in the 1982 killings of Annette Schnee and Barbara Oberholtzer in Breckenridge. Alan Phillips was arrested Feb....
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The Case Law Behind DNA Tests

The Colorado Supreme Court in 1993 weighed in for the first time in the state about the admissibility of certain DNA evidence. Just two...
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1981 Cherry Hills Cold Case Gets 2021 Arrest

Investigators on Feb. 25 announced a suspect was arrested in connection with the 1981 rape and murder of Sylvia Quayle. The case remained cold...

1981 Cherry Hills Cold Case Gets 2021 Arrest

Investigators on Feb. 25 announced a suspect was arrested in connection with the 1981 rape and murder of Sylvia Quayle.