Tag:Colorado Supreme Court

Three Prospective Jurors Walk Into A Courthouse

When is a juror not a juror? Also, does “a case” mean any case, or a specific one? For the Colorado Supreme Court, those...

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...

Court Opinions- Feb 18, 2019

People v. Porter Reginald Porter in 2002, just months after being released from Department of Corrections custody for a prior conviction, robbed and attempted to...

Colorado Bail Systems in Process of Intensive Overhaul

The bail process in Colorado is about to see an intensive overhaul. The Bail Blue Ribbon Commission, led by Colorado Supreme Court Justice Carlos...

Court Opinions- Feb 04, 2019

LeHouillier v. Gallegos  Della Gallegos fell ill with a brain tumor in 2009. She later came to find out that Dr. Steven Hughes failed to...

Coats Gives First Sate of the Judiciary Address as Chief Justice

Docket backlogs, the strain of increased felony filings on the entire judicial system and needs for courthouse improvements came into focus in Chief Justice...

FAA Doesn’t Allow for ‘Wholly Groundless’ Exception, SCOTUS Rules

In his first Supreme Court opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh used only eight pages to strike an argument that some litigants used to get a...

‘Work Toward Something Great, Not Just When It Is Easy’

On a Tuesday morning with sunlight warming the steps of the Capitol, Jared Polis shed the suffix “-elect” from his title and gave his...