The Colorado Supreme Court overturned a split appellate decision that reinstated a group of CSU students’ unjust enrichment claims. It held that the claims for breach of contract and unjust enrichment were mutually exclusive in this case.
The nation’s high court held in a different unanimous opinion that when a plaintiff amends a complaint to delete federal-law claims, leaving only state-law claims behind, the case must be remanded to state court.
In two companion cases, the state’s high court determined its procedural new constitutional rules in Wells-Yates can’t be applied retroactively to other cases.
In a unanimous decision on Dec. 10, the U.S. Supreme Court held that revoking an approved visa petition based on a sham-marriage determination by the Secretary of Homeland Security is the kind of discretionary decision that strips federal courts of jurisdiction to review certain actions.
The state Supreme Court also found that a license plate registered to a different vehicle provides reasonable suspicion of motor vehicle theft and it ruled a public entity may not deny a CORA request because the requestor is in litigation with it.
Colorado’s disciplinary judge suspended an attorney after he failed to progress on a CFI report. The judge also issued an amended opinion for Linda Stanley.
