Tag: Colorado Court Of Appeals
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Appeals court rules against Bruce in ‘trip and fall’ case
Douglas Bruce — author of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights and a former inmate convicted of tax evasion — lost an appeal Thursday in the Colorado Court of Appeals related to a fall he suffered at the 2022 Western Conservative Summit. In April 2023, Bruce sued the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center and its…
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‘All I ever wanted was a fair trial’: Colorado man Clayton Hood cleared in sex assault
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Clayton Hood stood in the Douglas County Courthouse on June 6, breathing hard, his heart pounding, waiting for the judge to speak. The jury had just decided his case for a second time. Then came the words: “not guilty.” Suddenly, everything seemed to blur. After…
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Colorado appeals court says Joe Salazar’s lawsuit against Public Trust Institute can move forward
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The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled that a lawsuit by a former legislator alleging malicious prosecution by the Public Trust Institute and its former director can move forward. The ruling came with a first-ever determination that an administrative proceeding, which could form the basis for a malicious prosecution claim, must be “quasi-judicial.” In this…
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Colorado Court of Appeals rules gag order may be unconstitutional but mother of 3 slow to file appeal
A judge’s gag order barring a mother of three from speaking out against a ruling terminating her parental rights may have been unconstitutional, but the mother lost her right to challenge her contempt citation that landed her in jail because she failed to make a timely appeal, the Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled. “A…
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Appeals court: Denver International Airport to pay over $30 million for noise violations
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver International Airport owes Adams County more than $33 million for noise violations that impacted its residents between 2014 and 2016, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. The court determined a Jefferson County judge who ordered the airport to pay $33.5 million in June…