Tag: Justice Carlos Samour
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‘Something about that is wrong’: Colorado justices weigh ski resort immunity for child’s debilitating fall
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In a case that attracted the interest of Colorado’s outdoor recreation industry, the state Supreme Court considered on Tuesday whether parents may waive their children’s right to sue for debilitating injuries that are allegedly the fault of a negligent ski resort operator. Annalea “Annie” Miller was 16 years old when she fell 30 feet from…
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At SCOTUS, Colorado’s Justice Carlos Samour looms in Trump ballot disqualification arguments
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save During Thursday’s oral arguments before the nation’s highest court about Donald Trump’s constitutional eligibility to remain on the ballot, the justices explicitly and indirectly channeled the member of Colorado’s Supreme Court who wrote the most impassioned critique of the legal effort to disqualify Trump. Justice…
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Colorado Republicans call case against Trump ‘unreal,’ Democrats say SCOTUS should bar ‘insurrectionist’
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Republicans and Democrats in Colorado expectedly hewed along partisan lines following Thursday’s oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, which is weighing whether former president Donald Trump should be disqualified from the state ballot for allegedly engaging in an “insurrection” that culminated in the Jan. 6 attack on Congress. “It would be a…
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Colorado justices hear arguments on Jeffco slip-and-fall, man’s pursuit of bike thief
The state Supreme Court conducted oral arguments at an Aurora high school through its Courts in the Community program
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Colorado Supreme Court wary of letting Adams County sue Denver over airport noise monitoring
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three years after a trial judge concluded Denver breached its agreement with Adams County to use a monitoring system for reporting excessive noise levels at Denver International Airport, the Colorado Supreme Court is weighing whether Adams County actually missed its opportunity to sue — by 20…
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Colorado Supreme Court to decide fate of racial bias rule after hearing cases
Justice Carlos Samour wrote that it would be ‘prudent to wait until we announce our opinions in those cases before determining how to proceed’ on the proposed rule
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Colorado Supreme Court orders 2 new trials where prosecutors presented misleading evidence
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed new trials were necessary in a pair of cases where judges allowed prosecutors to present a skewed narrative to jurors by omitting evidence that suggested the defendants had not committed the charged offenses. The link between Jacob Vanderpauye’s…
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Colorado appeals court divided on timeline for awarding restitution to crime victims
The Court of Appeals applied a recent ruling from the Supreme Court, which found the traditional approach of awarding restitution to crime victims didn’t comply with the law
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Colorado Supreme Court ponders whether domestic violence treatment is ‘punishment’
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Defendants whose crimes involve domestic violence are generally required to complete a treatment program and face other consequences, including the relinquishment of firearms. This week, the Colorado Supreme Court considered whether juries, instead of judges, should decide whether an offense amounts to domestic violence. To get to the answer, the justices must weigh a related…