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Colorado Supreme Court names William Hood as next chief justice
The Colorado Supreme Court has selected Justice William W. Hood III to be the next chief justice, the judicial branch announced on Friday. Hood will succeed Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez, who took over the role in July 2024. “I am honored by the confidence my colleagues have placed in me. Our judicial branch is…
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Colorado Supreme Court names William Hood as next chief justice
The Colorado Supreme Court has selected Justice William W. Hood III to be the next chief justice, the judicial branch announced last week. Hood will succeed Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez, who took over the role in July 2024. “I am honored by the confidence my colleagues have placed in me. Our judicial branch is…
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Colorado Supreme Court names William Hood as next chief justice
The Colorado Supreme Court has selected Justice William W. Hood III to be the next chief justice, the judicial branch announced last week. Hood will succeed Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez, who took over the role in July 2024. “I am honored by the confidence my colleagues have placed in me. Our judicial branch is…
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Colorado Supreme Court: Redistricting plans for 2028 election cannot proceed under state constitution
The Colorado Supreme Court blocked all attempts at redrawing congressional district boundaries for the 2028 election from reaching the ballot on Monday, concluding each of the proposed ballot measures violated the constitutional single-subject requirement. The court considered five distinct but related ballot measures. Half of the proposals would have redrawn U.S. House of Representatives districts…
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Safe2Tell tip, corroborated details provided grounds to search backpack, Colorado justices rule
The Colorado Supreme Court decided this month that a tip submitted through the state’s confidential school safety system, plus a Douglas County administrator’s corroboration of some details, provided reasonable suspicion to search a student’s backpack for drugs. Someone submitted a tip through Safe2Tell, Colorado’s school safety reporting system, alleging a Chaparral High School student was smoking…
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Colorado justices uphold strict interpretation of consumer protection law against debt collector
The Colorado Supreme Court concluded last month that a debt collector failed to comply with state law by suing a woman for an unpaid credit card debt without documentation that it owned her account. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC filed a complaint to collect on a $671 debt from the credit card account of Felicia Wright.…
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Children’s Colorado must resume care to transgender plaintiffs, state Supreme Court rules by 5-2
The Colorado Supreme Court, by a 5-2 vote, ordered Children’s Hospital Colorado on Monday to resume providing certain medical services to a group of transgender plaintiffs, which it had ceased in the face of funding threats from the federal government last year. The unusual appeal before the Supreme Court stemmed from a trial judge’s rejection…
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Lifetime sex offender registration not ‘punishment,’ Colorado justices say
The Colorado Supreme Court concluded on Monday that lifetime sex offender registration is not cruel and unusual punishment because it is not “punishment.” At the same time, two members urged lawmakers to heed the advice of the Sex Offender Management Board and adopt a new, more accurate system of measuring a person’s risk of recidivism.…
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Colorado justices, lawyers speak with rural students through outreach program
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared before students from eight rural schools on April 16 to hear a pair of cases, field questions, and mark the first time the state’s newest justice participated in the long-running program. “I had such a unique opportunity to get to work with so many people in my career.…
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Colorado justices skeptical of snowboarder’s bid to revive injury lawsuit after signing new waiver
The Colorado Supreme Court seemed to agree on Thursday that a plaintiff is not entitled to continue his snowboarding injury lawsuit because he purchased another pass in the middle of litigation that released all past legal claims. “It says you’re releasing anything which has happened up to now. It seems pretty plain language what it…