Rule Change 2024(12)

Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure: Rule 84

Castro v. People.

2024 CO 56. No. 22SC712. Mid-Deliberations Juror Substitution—Alternate Juror—Standard of Reversal—Presumption of Prejudice—CRS § 16-10-105—People v. Boulies, 690 P.2d 1253 (Colo. 1984)—People v. Burnette, 775 P.2d 583 (Colo. 1989)—United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725 (1993)—Carrillo v. People, 974 P.2d 478 (Colo. 1999)—James v. People, 2018 CO 72, 426 P.3d 336.

Clark v. People.

2024 CO 55. Impartial Jury—Equal Protection—Challenge for Cause—Structural Error—Extraneous Prejudicial Information—Juror Testimony.

Fowler v. Stitt.

No. 23-5080. 6/18/2024. N.D.Okla. Judge McHugh. Fourteenth Amendment—Equal Protection—Substantive Due Process—Right to Privacy—State Action—Amended Birth Certificates—Discrimination on the Basis of Transgender Status and Sex.

Breeze Aviation Group., Inc. v. National Mediation Board.

No. 23-4079. 6/17/2024. D.Utah. Judge Hatrz. Railway Labor Act—National Mediation Board—Subject Matter Jurisdiction—Union Representation Elections—Determination of Class of Employees.

United States v. Venjohn.

No. 23-8028. 6/12/2024. D.Wyo. Judge Seymour. US Sentencing Guidelines—Colorado Felony Menacing—Crime of Violence—United States v. Taylor.

United States v. Dear.

No. 22-2142. 6/10/2024. D.Colo. Judge Carson. Competency to Stand Trial—Motion to Involuntarily Medicate Defendant—Sell v. United States—Specificity of Findings—Clear and Convincing Evidence.

Leachco, Inc. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

No. 22-7060. 6/4/2024. E.D.Okla. Judge Ebel. Administrative Complaint—Preliminary Injunction—Irreparable Harm—Unconstitutionally Structured Agency.

United States v. Amador-Bonilla.

Nos. 22-6036 & 22-6037. 5/29/2024. W.D.Okla. Judge Eid. 8 USC § 1326—Fifth Amendment—Equal Protection—Discriminatory Purpose or Intent—Racially Disparate Impact.

People v. Miller.

2024 COA 66. No. 21CA1584. Stalking—Contacts—Unanswered Telephone Calls—First Degree Burglary—First Degree Criminal Trespass—Lesser Included Offenses—Merger of Convictions—Prosecutorial Misconduct—Sufficiency of Evidence—Crime of Violence Sentence Enhancement.

Salah v. People.

2024 CO 54. No. 23SC4. Right to Familial Association—Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Probation—Due Process Clause.

In the Matter of the Title, Ballot Title, and Submission Clause for Proposed Initiative 2023–2024 #188.

2024 CO 53. No. 24SA120. CRS § 1-40-107(2)—Statutory Jurisdiction—Ballot Title Board.

In the Matter of the Title, Ballot Title, and Submission Clause for Proposed Initiative 2023–2024 #175.

2024 CO 52. No. 24SA117. CRS § 1-40-107(2)—Statutory Jurisdiction—Ballot Title Board.

People v. Dacus.

2024 CO 51. No. 24SA2. Citizen Informant—Reasonable Suspicion—Investigatory Stop.

People v. Lopez.

2024 CO 50. No. 22SC759. Right to Counsel—Conflict of Interest.

People v. Cerda.

2024 CO 49. No. 24SA23. Miranda Protections—Coercion—Involuntary Statements—Suppression—Fifth Amendment—Right to Remain Silent.

Martinez v. People.

2024 CO 48. No. 22SC835. Criminal Law—Jury Instructions—Self-Defense—Traverse—Reckless Conduct.

Freed v. Bonfire Entertainment LLC.

2024 COA 65. No. 23CA0965. Public Health and Environment—Noise Abatement Act—Maximum Permissible Noise Levels—Municipal Noise Ordinance—Subject Matter Jurisdiction—CRCP 106.

People v. Johnson.

2024 CO 47. No. 23SA293. Scope of an Investigatory Stop—Searches and Seizures—Drug-Detection Dogs.

City of Aspen v. Burlingame Ranch.

2024 CO 46. No. 22SC293. Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (CGIA), CRS §§ 24-10-101 to -120—Economic Loss Rule—Robinson v. Colorado State Lottery Division, 179 P.3d 998 (Colo. 2008)—Town of Alma v. AZCO Construction, Inc., 10 P.3d 1256 (Colo. 2000)—Scope of Immunity Under the CGIA—Trinity Broadcasting of Denver, Inc. v. City of Westminster, 848 P.2d 916 (Colo. 1993)—Subject Matter Jurisdiction.

Dhyne v. People.

2024 CO 45. No. 22SC869. Fourth Amendment—Search Warrants—IP Addresses.

In re Marriage of Conners.

2024 CO 44. No. 23SA332. Civil Procedure—Contempt—Indirect Contempt—Service of Process—Direct Service.

City of Golden v. United States.

2024 CO 43. No. 23SA317. Water Law—Blue River Decree—Injury—Colorado-Big Thompson Project—Interpretation of Prior Decree—Subordination Agreement—Power Interference Agreement—Newly Discovered Evidence.

People v. Howell.

2024 CO 42. No. 23SA227. Criminal Law—Force-Against-Intruders Statute—Immunity from Criminal Prosecution—Affirmative Defenses—Dwelling.

Disciplinary Case Summaries for Matters Resulting in Diversion and Private Admonition

People v. Westman.

No. 23PDJ016. 4/19/2024. Opinion Opposing Sanctions.

People v. Vanstrom.

No. 24PDJ032. 5/7/2024. Stipulation to Discipline.

People v. Vail.

No. 23PDJ069. 5/10/2024. Opinion Opposing Sanctions.

People v. Kay.

No. 24PDJ042. 5/20/2024. Stipulation to Discipline.

People v. Carrara.

No. 24PDJ037. 5/10/2024. Stipulation to Discipline.

Wright v. Tegna Inc.

2024 COA 64. No. 23CA0436. Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress—Vicarious Liability—Civil Conspiracy—Action Involving Exercise of Constitutional Rights—Anti-SLAPP Statute—Reasonable Likelihood Plaintiff Will Prevail.

Notice of Public Hearing on September 24, 2024 at 3:30 p.m

Colorado Rules for Magistrates

Deadline to request to speak at Public Hearing: September 13, 2024

People v. Garcia.

2024 CO 41. No. 22SC633. Criminal Law—Waiver—Disqualification of a Judge.

People v. Crabtree.

2024 CO 40. No. 22SC589. Linnebur Error—Linnebur v. People, 2020 CO 79M, 476 P.3d 734—Crim. P. 52(b)—Plain Error Review—Plainness Prong—Time of Trial Versus Time of Appeal—Johnson v. United States, 520 U.S. 461 (1997)—Henderson v. United States, 568 U.S. 266 (2013).

In the Matter of the Estate of Ashworth.

2024 CO 39. No. 24SA19. Trusts and Estates—Testamentary Capacity—Physician-Patient Privilege.

In re Jordan v. Terumo BCT.

2024 CO 38. No. 24SA34. Privileged Communications and Confidentiality.

In re Estate of Gonzalez.

2024 COA 63. No. 23CA1058. Probate—Compensation and Cost Recovery—Fee Disputes—Factors in Determining the Reasonableness of Compensation and Costs.

Tarr v. People.

2024 CO 37. No. 22SC226. Expressed Consent Statute—Revoking Consent—Fourth Amendment.

People v. Austin.

2024 CO 36. No. 23SC75. Jury Selection—Peremptory Challenge—Batson—Clear Error—Examination of Jurors—Particular Groups, Inclusion or Exclusion—Race.

People v. Johnson.

2024 CO 35. No. 22SC852. Jury Selection—Peremptory Challenge—Batson—Clear Error—Examination of Jurors—Particular Groups, Inclusion or Exclusion—Race.

People v. Honstein.

2024 CO 34. No. 23SA271. Prosecutor Testimony—Prosecutor Disqualification—Advocate-Witness Rule.

Foothills Park and Recreation District v. Board of County Commissioners.

2024 COA 62. No. 23CA0686. Special Districts—Overlapping Service Area—CRS § 32-1-107—Declaratory Relief—Injunctive Relief.

VOA Sunset Housing LP v. D’Angelo.

2024 COA 61. No. 23CA0458. Action Involving Exercise of Constitutional Rights—Anti-SLAPP Statute—County Courts—Forcible Entry and Detainer Action—Court of Appeals Jurisdiction.

People v. Warren.

2024 COA 60. No. 22CA1997. Colorado Sex Offender Registration Act—Lifetime Mandatory Sex Offender Registration—Petition for Removal From Registry—Severe Physical or Intellectual Disability.

Sanders v. People.

2024 CO 33. No. 22SC413. Actual Bias—Right to a Fair Trial.

People v. Johnson.

2024 CO 32. No. 23SC51. Enticement of a Child—Attempt to Invite or Persuade a Child—Attempt as Completed Offense—Sufficiency of the Evidence.

Roane v. Elizabeth School District.

2024 COA 59. No. 23CA1969. Colorado Open Meetings Law—Standing—Injury in Fact—Legally Protected Interest.

Potts v. Gaia Children, LLC.

2024 COA 58. No. 23CA1008. Employment Law—Wrongful Discharge Contrary to Public Policy—Actual Discharge—Constructive Discharge.

Riggs Oil & Gas Corp. v. Jonah Energy LLC.

2024 COA 57. No. 23CA0449. Colorado Rules of Appellate Procedure—Appeals in Civil Cases—Extension of Time to File a Notice of Appeal—Excusable Neglect—Prejudice to Parties.

Bullington v. Barela.

2024 COA 56. No. 23CA0364. Personal Injury—Civil Jury Instructions—Affirmative Defenses—Failure to Mitigate Damages.

United States v. Elmore.

No. 22-1432. 5/21/2024. D.Colo. Judge Moritz. Seizure of Premises—Fourth Amendment—Search Warrant—Exclusionary Rule.

Flores v. Henderson.

No. 23-1049. 5/14/2024. D.Colo. Judge Tymkovich. Fourth Amendment—Denial of Qualified Immunity—Interlocutory Jurisdiction—Summary Judgment—Reckless Creation of Need to Use Deadly Force—Unreasonable Failure to Intervene to Prevent Violation of Constitutional Right.

United States v. Daniels.

No. 22-1378. 5/8/2024. D.Colo. Judge Seymour. Fourth Amendment—Fruit of an Unlawful Investigative Detention—Reasonable Suspicion—Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

Does 1–11 v. Board of Regents of University of Colorado.

Nos. 21-1414 & 22-1027. 5/7/2024. D.Colo. Judge Eid. First Amendment—Fourteenth Amendment—Vaccine Mandate—Religious Belief Exemption—Preliminary Injunction.

Doe v. Rocky Mountain Classical Academy.

No. 22-1369. 4/30/2024. D.Colo. Judge Carson. 42 USC § 1983—Fourteenth Amendment—Equal Protection—Title IX—School Dress Code—Comparable Burdens Test—Intermediate Scrutiny.

Wolf v. Brenneman.

2024 CO 31. No. 22SC682. CRCP 54(b)—No Just Reason for Delay—Allison v. Engel.

Miller v. Crested Butte, LLC.

2024 CO 30. No. 23SA186. Absolution of Statutory Duty by Private Agreement.

ERBOCES v. Colorado Springs School District 11.

2024 CO 29. No. 22SC940. Education—Statutory Interpretation.

Gestner v. Gestner.

2024 COA 55. No. 23CA1498. Court of Appeals Jurisdiction—Default Judgment—Final Appealable Order—Preservation.

Ortiz v. Progressive Direct Insurance Co.

2024 COA 54. No. 23CA0292. Automobile Insurance Policies—Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist C overage—Default Judgment—Liability—Comparative Fault—Jury Instructions.

People v. Herold.

2024 COA 53. No. 22CA1265. DUI—Prior Convictions—Specific Corroborating Evidence of Identification—Defendant’s Identity as Element of Crime or Sentence Enhancer—Sufficiency of Evidence—Prosecutorial Misconduct.

People v. Sloan.

2024 COA 52. No. 20CA1987. Sixth Amendment Right to Public Trial—Livestreamed Proceedings—Technical Problems—Jury Instructions—Sentence Enhancer—Dismissed Counts—Correction of Mittimus.

In re the Matter of Hunn.

2024 COA 51. No. 23CA1083. Colorado Uniform Trust Code—CRS § 15-5-602(3)—Revocation or Amendment of Revocable Trust.

Estate of McClain v. Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP.

2024 COA 50. No. 23CA0379. Attorneys and Clients—Rules of Professional Conduct—Contingent Fee Agreements—Restatement (Third) of the Law Governing Lawyers—Partial or Complete Forfeiture of a Lawyer’s Compensation.

People v. Crawley.

2024 COA 49. No. 23CA0282. Second-Degree Murder—Eighth Amendment—Cruel and Unusual Punishments—Proportionality Review—Per Se Grave or Serious Offenses.

Stern v. People.

No. 23PDJ021. 4/3/2024. Opinion Granting Reinstatement.

People v. Sharifi.

No. 24PDJ024. 4/11/2024. Stipulation to Discipline.

Mathews v. People.

No. 23PDJ043. 4/9/2024. Opinion Granting Reinstatement.

People v. Mann.

No. 23PDJ022. 4/24/2024. Stipulation to Discipline.

People v. Latus.

No. 23PDJ058. 4/3/2024. Stipulation to Discipline.

People v. Johnson.

No. 24PDJ026. 4/22/2024. Reciprocal Discipline.

People v. Cliggett.

No. 24PDJ027. 4/23/2024. Stipulation to Discipline.

People v. Band.

No. 24PDJ021. 4/25/2024. Reciprocal Discipline.

Great Northern Properties LLLP v. Extraction Oil and Gas Inc.

2024 CO 28. No. 22SC805. Centerline Presumption—Rule of Property Conveyance—Mineral Rights—Property Dedication.

University of Denver v. Doe.

2024 CO 27. No. 22SC499. Summary Judgment—Breach of Contract—Enforceability of a Promise to Conduct a “Thorough, Impartial and Fair” Investigation of Any Sexual-Misconduct Claim—Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing—Existence of an Extra-Contractual Tort Duty to Adopt and Implement Fair Procedures for Investigating and Adjudicating Sexual-Misconduct Claims.

Washington v. People.

2024 CO 26. No. 22SC520. Joinder or Severance of Counts—Standards of Reversal—Harmless Error Review.

Whiteaker v. People.

2024 CO 25. No. 22SC673. Double Jeopardy—Lesser-Included Offenses—Plain Error—Remedies.

In re the Marriage of Green.

2024 CO 24. No. 23SA167. Jurisdiction—General Personal Jurisdiction—Dissolution of Marriage—Domicile.

In the Matter of Scipione.

2024 CO 23. No. 22SA236. Judicial Discipline—Sanctions.

Moore v. 4th Judicial District Attorney.

2024 COA 48. No. 23CA1538. Sex Offender Registration—Petition for Removal from Registry.

Life Care Centers v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office.

2024 COA 47. No. 23CA1295. Workers’ Compensation—Conditions of Recovery—Occupational Disease—COVID-19.

People v. Rodriguez.

2024 COA 46. No. 23CA0247. Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance—Buyer-Seller Rule—Sufficiency of Evidence.

People v. Miller.

2024 COA 45. No. 21CA1584. Stalking—Contacts—Unanswered Telephone Calls—Prosecutorial Misconduct—Sufficiency of Evidence—Crime of Violence Sentence Enhancement—Merger of Convictions.

Rule Change 2024(09)

Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure Chapter 25: Colorado Rules of County Court Civil Procedure

Rule Change 2024(08)

Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure: Rules 4, 12, and 16.5

Estate of Arnold.

2024 COA 44. No. 23CA1381. Colorado Probate Code—Nonprobate Transfer on Death—Expectancy Interest in Payable on Death Account.

People v. Allen.

2024 COA 43. No. 23CA1011. Preliminary Hearing—Defendant in Custody.

Woodall v. Godfrey.

2024 COA 42. No. 23CA0420. Civil Action for Deprivation of Rights—Excessive Force Claim—Colorado Constitution Article II—Searches and Seizures—42 USC § 1983—Objective Reasonableness Standard.

People v. Shannon.

2024 COA 41. No. 22CA0014. Use of Exhibits During Jury Deliberation—Recorded Out-of-Court Witness Statements—Human Trafficking for Sexual Servitude—Solicitation for Child Prostitution—Inducement of Child Prostitution—Colorado Constitution Article II—Equal Protection.

United States v. Flechs.

No. 22-5088. 4/19/24. N.D.Okla. Judge Matheson. Attempted Enticement of a Minor—Sufficiency of Evidence—Substantial Step Toward Enticement—Jury Instruction on Grooming.

Vogt v. McIntosh County Board of County Commissioners.

No. 22-7061. 4/15/2024. E.D.Okla. Judge Carson. Employment Termination—First Amendment—Qualified Immunity—Clearly Established Precedent.

God’s Storehouse Topeka Church v. United States.

No. 23-3063. 4/9/2024. D.Kan. Judge Murphy. Not-for-Profit Corporation—Church Records—Employment Taxes—26 USC § 7609—26 USC § 7611—Independent Neuropsychological Evaluation—Cost Reimbursement.

Johnson v. Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Co.

No. 23-6061. 4/8/2024. W.D.Okla. Judge Phillips. Automobile Insurance Policies—Uninsured Motorist Coverage Exclusion—Breach of Contract—Leave to Amend Complaint—Statute of Limitations.

United States v. Bradley.

No. 23-1223. 4/8/2024. D.Colo. Judge Rossman. Motion for Compassionate Release—18 USC § 3553(a) Factors—Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons—Failure to Seek Plain Error Review—Waiver.

United States v. Zamora.

No. 22-4096. 4/5/2024. D.Utah. Judge Rossman. Fleeing Felon—Recklessly Subjecting Another Person to Substantial Risk of Death or Serious Bodily Injury—US Sentencing Guidelines—Two-Level Sentence Enhancement—Procedural Reasonableness of Sentence.

Scholle v. Ehrichs.

2024 CO 22. No. 22SC639. Reduction of Damages—Collateral Source Evidence—Subrogation Against Insureds.

In re Kennedy.

2024 CO 21. No. 23SA137. Conduct and Discipline—Reciprocal Discipline—Limitation of Actions—Disbarment—Summary Judgment.

Wenzell v. United Services Automobile Ass’n.

2024 COA 40. No. 23CA1327. Automobile Insurance Policies—Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Benefits—Improper Denial of Claims—Remedies for Unreasonable Delay or Denial of Benefits—Failure-to-Cooperate Defense.

Brightstar LLC v. Jordan.

2024 COA 39. No. 22CA0946. Civil Procedure—Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers—Service by Email—Arbitration Agreement—Jurisdiction Over Non-Party to Agreement—Application of Federal Arbitration Act—Vacatur of Arbitration Award.

People v. Burdette.

2024 COA 38. No. 21CA2075. DUI—Limitation for Collateral Attack Upon Trial Court Judgment—Sixth Amendment—Right to Counsel—Subject Matter Jurisdiction—Crim. P. 24—Express Consent Statute—Admission of Blood Test Results—Speedy Trial Right.