Tag: Colorado Court Of Appeals
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Superior aircraft noise, lead contamination suit gets split decision at Colorado Court of Appeals
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The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that courts can’t compel an airport owner to limit noisy training flights but it sent back a related claim about lead pollution for more scrutiny, highlighting limits on local power over aviation. The essence of the Thursday decision in Town of Superior v. Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson…
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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
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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Families accuse ex-Colorado Springs evaluator of tainting bitter custody case with biased testimony
Some of the cases involve allegations of sex assault and drug abuse.
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State judicial discipline panel seeks information on more than 120 judges who did not file personal financial disclosures
Colorado’s Commission on Judicial Discipline is compiling “in-depth” information on more than 120 judges who The Denver Gazette recently revealed had not filed personal financial disclosure reports to the state this year despite a law requiring it, according to emails obtained by the newspaper. More than two dozen of the judges haven’t had a disclosure…
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Red flag order renewal upheld against man who threatened to kill Phil Weiser
Colorado’s Court of Appeals upheld the renewal of a “red flag” order against a man who threatened to kill Attorney General Phil Weiser. A Denver probate judge twice renewed the extreme risk protection order, sought by the Denver Police Department, originally granted against Bryce Jordan Sidney Shelby in November 2020 because of social media posts…
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Colorado’s judicial performance review misses key test of judges’ legal knowledge
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A judge’s appellate record — the number of cases overturned on appeal — is not factored in the judicial evaluation process
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Colorado appeals court says Joe Salazar’s lawsuit against Public Trust Institute can move forward
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
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…