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Wal-Mart Stores v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office
Request for specific findings of fact and conclusions of law must be received within 15 days of the summary order's date.
Workers' Compensation Jul. 31, 2001
Estate of Moring
Reasonable attorney fees may be paid out of trusts created for Medicaid purposes.
Probate and Trusts Jul. 30, 2001
De La Rosa v. Western Funding, Inc.
Assignee of consumer credit sale is entitled to charge 21% interest under Uniform Consumer Credit Code.
Business Law Jul. 30, 2001
People v. Gay
Statements of defendant must be voluntary to be used even for impeachment purposes.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 30, 2001
Davidson v. The Committee for Gail Schoettler
Case concerning violation of former Fair Campaign Act is moot because Act is no longer in force.
Civil Procedure Jul. 30, 2001
Montenegro v. Diaz
When child custody previously decided is up for reconsideration, courts must use a 'changed circumstances' analysis to modify custody.
Family Law Jul. 30, 2001
Hamilton v. Lake Fork Cove Alliance, Inc.
Personal representative has fiduciary duty to all decedent's potential successors.
Probate and Trusts Jul. 30, 2001
People v. Denser
Order
Jul. 29, 2001
Montenegro v. Diaz
Order
Jul. 29, 2001
People v. Martinez
Advisement of prospective jurors of possible death penalty did not deprive defendant of fair and impartial trial.Colorado Court of Appeals.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 29, 2001
Kitsap County v. Moore
Indigent defendants who appeal from limited jurisdictions to superior courts are not entitled to attorney fees.
Government Jul. 29, 2001
State v. Lopez
Because defense counsel didn't challenge state's failure to prove defendant had previous serious conviction, defendant's unlawful possession of firearm conviction is reversed.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 29, 2001
State v. Reynolds
Defendant failed to prove involuntarily abandonment of property where he did not show substantial nexus between abandonment and alleged illegal police conduct.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 29, 2001
State v. Marshall
Where defendant moves to withdraw guilty plea with evidence that he was incompetent, court must either grant motion or convene competency hearing.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 29, 2001
In re Antonio Arredondo on Habeas Corpus
Order
Jul. 27, 2001
Phillips and Associates Family Law Offices, P.C. v. Napolitano
District court lacks jurisidiction to review state court's ruling when appellant's federal constitutional claims are inextricably intertwined with state court decision.
Civil Procedure Jul. 25, 2001
Marriage of Armato
Court enforces written agreement signed by both parents that modified original child support order.
Family Law Jul. 25, 2001
People v. Toledo
Victim need neither hear threat nor have sustained fear for accused to be guilty of attempted terrorist threat.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 25, 2001
United States v. Morales
Anonymous tip was not reliable enough to establish reasonable suspicion that defendant was engaged in criminal activity.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 25, 2001
Mak v. FBI
Without proper demand from state court, FBI does not have to disclose identities of informants to capital defendant.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 25, 2001
Royal Foods Co. Inc. v. RJR Holdings Inc.
Restaurants that buy wholesale quantities of perishable agricultural commodities are dealers under Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
Business Law Jul. 25, 2001
Rein v. Providian Financial Corp.
Debtor's later action against creditor isn't barred by res judicata when prior bankruptcy action not concluded to final judgment on merits.
Bankruptcy Jul. 25, 2001
Commercial Union Insurance Co. v. Sea Harvest Seafood Co.
Admiralty law governs overwhelmingly maritime insurance contract and policy does not cover damage resulting from human error.
Maritime Law Jul. 25, 2001
Bausman v. Interstate Brands Corporations
Terminated employee raises genuine issue concerning pretext in retaliatory discharge claim.
Civil Procedure Jul. 25, 2001
Medina v. Cram
Police officers sued over excessive force are entitled to qualified immunity if their actions were objectively reasonable.
Civil Rights Jul. 25, 2001
People v. Ansell
State law denying 'certificates of rehabilitation' to convicted child molesters enacted after crime was committed does not violate ex post facto principles.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 25, 2001
Kent v. Martin
Government employer must show that employee's public statements caused actual disruption in workplace in order to justify termination.
Employment Law Jul. 25, 2001
US v. Browning
Police had probable cause to stop defendant and his incriminating statements to DEA agents weren't inadmissible as statements made during plea negotiations.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 25, 2001
Denver D. Darling Inc. v. Controlled Environments Construction Inc.
Subcontractor entitled to payment for work despite allegedly failing to meet contract specifications.
Contracts Jul. 25, 2001
Kojima v. Grandote International ( In re Grandote Country Club Co.)
Among other things, where only asset at issue is real property within Colorado, state law and not Japanese law is properly applied.
Civil Procedure Jul. 25, 2001