colorado anti-discrimination act
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Federal judge declines to dismiss disabled woman’s lawsuit against Elbert County
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A federal judge rejected Elbert County’s attempt to dismiss a disability rights lawsuit against it earlier this month, after a woman alleged she sustained further injuries after being forced to walk home 8.8 miles from the jail overnight. Amy McCraken has a prosthetic limb from a prior leg amputation. She alleged a sheriff’s deputy stopped…
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Colorado justices explore limits of anti-discrimination law in Masterpiece Cakeshop appeal
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court explored on Tuesday the tension between LGBTQ customers’ ability to be free from discrimination in the marketplace and business owners’ competing right not to be forced to express messages that violate their conscience. During oral arguments, some justices noted the difficulty of disentangling customers’ protected characteristics, like race or…
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Federal judge refuses to force Black bank customer to arbitrate discrimination claims
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A federal judge last month refused to find that a mandatory arbitration clause in the fine print of a Black customer’s bank account agreement prohibited her from pursuing claims of racial discrimination in court. Jeanetta Vaughn filed suit against Chase Bank after the manager of its S. Buckley Road branch in Aurora called the police…
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Federal judge allows fired Weld County principal’s Christian discrimination claim to proceed
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A former Weld County high school principal will be able to pursue his claim of religious-based retaliation against the superintendent who sought to fire him, a federal judge ruled last month. Brian Littlefield was a longtime school administrator who became the leader of Roosevelt High School in 2019. He alleged his 2021 termination was the…
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303 Creative returns to trial court in wake of SCOTUS ruling on LGBTQ discrimination
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After the U.S. Supreme Court decided in June that certain businesses may refuse service to customers notwithstanding states’ anti-discrimination laws, the case that prompted the ruling quietly returned to Colorado’s federal trial court on Tuesday, more than seven years after it began. In 303 Creative v. Elenis, plaintiff Lorie Smith originally feared she would run afoul…
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Colorado leaders cautious about altering anti-discrimination law following SCOTUS decision
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After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Christian website designer, along with businesses that create speech, do not have to serve LGBTQ customers if the desired message violates their beliefs, policymakers in Colorado are pondering whether changes to the state’s anti-discrimination law are warranted. Currently, the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) makes it unlawful for businesses…
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Questions arise about ‘fake’ customer in SCOTUS anti-discrimination case
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On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court will likely hand down a decision in a case out of Colorado that could permit artistically oriented businesses to decline service to LGBTQ customers. On June 29, however, The New Republic reported that part of the evidence submitted in the lawsuit of 303 Creative v. Elenis references a purportedly gay customer who sought…
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Colorado House OKs expanding employment discrimination law to cover domestic workers
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Legislation to protect tens of thousands of domestic workers from employment discrimination passed a major hurdle Thursday, receiving approval from the Colorado House. If enacted, House Bill 1367 would expand the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act to cover employees who work for private households, such as cleaners, gardeners, nannies or elderly care takers. The bill would also…
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Colorado bill would expand employment discrimination law to cover domestic workers
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The tens of thousands of domestic workers in Colorado could soon be protected by the state’s anti-employment discrimination law under a newly proposed bill. If enacted, House Bill 1367 would expand the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act to cover domestic workers. The bill would also extend the time to file a claim with the Civil Rights Commission…
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Religious exemption in state’s anti-discrimination laws only would add injustice
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Fifty years ago, in the wake of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act. Congress was coming to terms with the awful truth that people of color were systematically refused a decent place to live. And they decided it was time to do something about it.…
