HowAppealing

JULY 21, 2021

“10th Circuit declines to name international travel a fundamental right while upholding tax law”: Michael Karlik of Colorado Politics has this report online at The Gazette of Colorado Springs. And Maeve Allsup of Bloomberg Law reports that “ U.S.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis that a Colorado-based web designer cannot be compelled to create wedding websites for LGBTQ+ couples, despite the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) which protects LGBTQ+ people from discrimination in public accommodations.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

And the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (David Post, The Volokh Conspiracy) Appeals court ruling says alleged domestic abusers have a constitutional right to keep their guns (Roxanna Asgarian, The Texas Tribune) The post The morning read for Friday, Feb. 10 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

QUESTION: I’m a solo practitioner with a general practice handling everything from real estate transactions to family law. Some jurisdictions have proactively addressed flat fees in their rules. In Colorado, Rule 1.5(h) Colorado has even published a sample flat-fee agreement here.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 4, 2022

New York quickly passed a new concealed-weapon law, but Republicans there predict it will also end up being overturned. One judge has temporarily blocked a Colorado town from enforcing a ban on the sale and possession of certain semi-automatic weapons.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 22, 2022

In considering alternatives, however, the lawyer should be aware of any law that requires the lawyer to advocate the least restrictive action on behalf of the client.”. Colorado Bar Association Formal Opinion 126 : Representing the Adult Client With Diminished Capacity. Resources: ABA Formal Opinion 96-404, Client Under a Disability.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 26, 2021

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense, marking the court’s first foray into gun rights since Justice Amy Coney Barrett came on board in October, making a 6-3 conservative majority, reports the Chicago Tribune.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

I have the honor of speaking today at the Tenth Circuit judicial conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I will be part of a panel discussing the Supreme Court’s recent religious freedom cases and related First Amendment issues. Lucero of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. the Court handed down two major such rulings.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 29, 2021

The Tenth Circuit upheld the district court decision in favor of the IRS and its authority to conduct the audit. Thomas noted that in 2005 a fractured divided court ruled Gonzales v. Peter Hermes, Kevin Desilet, Samantha Murphy, and John Murphy refused to verify their tax liabilities because they feared criminal prosecution.

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TypeLaw Briefing Insights

JANUARY 21, 2025

Any day declared a holiday by the President or Congress, such as the recent National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter, is considered a Legal Holiday for the purpose of computing time in the federal court filings. And, as weve detailed in other blog articles, federal rules and local rules can differ widely.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the conviction of Billy Raymond Counterman, a Colorado man who was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for stalking based on his Facebook messages. She canceled appearances, started to carry a gun, and eventually left Colorado for the east coast.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Baltimore and Incinerator Operator Settled Lawsuit over Local Air Law. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S. United States , No.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, a potential replacement for the now-dismissed Servotronics Inc. Oklahoma should apply retroactively, and whether the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act violates a website designer’s First Amendment rights. In last year’s McGirt v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 1, 2021

Share In the latest battle over restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Justice Neil Gorsuch rejected a request from two Denver-area churches to block the enforcement of Colorado’s disaster law. Among those rulings was an April decision in Tandon v. In the Colorado case, Denver Bible Church v.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2023

In 2021 a federal district court ruled that the government was partially responsible for the deaths due to negligence. The settlement issued Wednesday will resolve all appeals from this ruling. This conviction should have disqualified Kelley from purchasing a firearm out-of-state under federal law.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Perhaps unsurprisingly, two involve cases in which the court called for the views of the solicitor general, thus indicating (since it takes the vote of four justices to CVSG ) that there was already a high level of interest among the justices in the case. Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. trademarks.

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JURIST

JULY 5, 2021

Preventing that kind of humiliation and hurt is exactly why we have nondiscrimination laws.”. Back in 2017, the Washington Supreme Court ruled against Ms. Stutzman, finding that she had violated a state anti-discrimination law through her refusal to sell goods to the couple.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2025

At its last conference, it granted review of a one-time relist asking whether federal courts must follow state law requiring medical malpractice claims to be supported by an expert affidavit. The court also agreed to take up a twice-relisted challenge to Colorados ban on conversion therapy. New Relists Escobar v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 2, 2021

Montana Department of Revenue , the Supreme Court ruled that although states are not required to subsidize private education, states that choose to do so cannot exclude religious schools from receiving funding simply because they are religious. A new case on public funding and religious education. Last year, in Espinoza v. Gallardo v.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2022

Our public interest law firm, the Institute for Justice, represents her in that lawsuit. The doctrine, created by a 1982 Supreme Court ruling meant to protect government employees from frivolous lawsuits, is frequently used by police and other law enforcement officials to head off lawsuits over excessive use of force or misconduct.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Struve, who was never charged with violating Iowa’s texting-while-driving law, was convicted for possessing a controlled substance. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the officers’ “common sense” inference that Struve was texting provided reasonable suspicion for the traffic stop. In another Fourth Amendment case, Tuggle v.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 27, 2021

There is a new ruling out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that could be headed for a major showdown in the Supreme Court. Elenis could force a hitherto evasive Court to rule directly on the conflict between anti-discrimination laws and the religious clauses. It was like Brown v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

Ross , involving a dormant commerce clause challenge to a California law prohibiting the sale of pork unless the pigs from which it was made (virtually all of which come from outside the state) were raised consistent with the state’s restrictive standards. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (relisted 14 times).

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

It can be next to impossible to see how law enforcement — in league with paid, self-styled “experts” — spreads new, often unproven methods. The system is at its most opaque when prosecutors know evidence is unfit for court but choose to game the rules, hoping judges and juries will believe it and vote to convict. I was wrong.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Elenis , is a challenge by a Colorado website designer to a state law that bars businesses that are open to the public from discriminating against gay people or announcing their intent to do so. The designer, Lorie Smith, argues that subjecting her to the law would violate her right to free speech.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Share The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Monday in the case of Lorie Smith , a website designer and devout Christian who wants to expand her business to include wedding websites – but only for opposite-sex couples. Smith is challenging a Colorado law that prohibits most businesses from discriminating against LGBTQ customers.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Fox News host Tucker Carlson to face civil liability for their commentary on transgender policies or controversies after the recent tragic shooting in Colorado. I was, therefore, gladdened by the Supreme Court ruling 8-1 in favor of free speech in the case, even if it meant a victory for odious Westboro Church.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

JURIST Deputy Editorial Director William Hibbitts and US Bureau Chief JP Leskovich from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law contributed to this report. Trump has already indicated that he will appeal the decision to the US Supreme Court—the final court of appeal in the country.

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JURIST

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot enforce Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment against federal candidates, keeping former US President Donald Trump on Colorado’s election ballot. The court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Anderson on February 8. This is a developing story.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

“There’s Time for Supreme Court Rulings on Trump Cases; The Colorado case and the Jan. 6 immunity claim are exactly the sort of major legal issues we want the highest court to decide thoughtfully”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The Colorado Republican State Central Committee (CRSCC) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari Wednesday to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision which removed former president Donald Trump from the 2024 Republican primary ballot. I’m very happy with the ruling.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Judge Luttig has thoughts on the Colorado Supreme Court ruling about Trump's eligibility. Money Money Money : Perry Law and Holland & Knight. Solid Pension : Law schools for government jobs. The post When There’s No One To Vilify, Make ‘Em Up — See Also appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in a statement to the press on Monday that it is assisting local law enforcement in investigating threats against the Colorado Supreme Court.

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JURIST

JANUARY 4, 2024

Former President Donald Trump filed an appeal Wednesday asking the US Supreme Court to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring him from the state’s ballot. The original decision will now be on hold until the US Supreme Court rules on the appeal.

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2024

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows appealed a court ruling Friday that delayed a judgment on whether the removal of former president Donald Trump from the 2024 primary ballot was valid under the US Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment. State law has made a difference in officials decisions regarding the issue.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Marissa Zupancic is JURIST’s Washington DC Correspondent, a JURIST Senior Editor and a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. After sitting in the Supreme Court last Wednesday to hear the oral arguments in Trump v. Next, the Colorado voters and their legal counsel spoke at the same spot on the court steps.

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