daniel taubman
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All charter school decisions from state board are final, Supreme Court rules
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday rejected a reading of state law that would enable some of the Colorado State Board of Education’s decisions on charter school applications to be challenged in court, finding instead that the law renders all decisions final and unappealable. The justices reversed a ruling from the Court of Appeals, which…
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SCOTUS takes up ‘true threats’ case out of Colorado, the latest in a series of state court appeals
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The nation’s highest court has shone a spotlight on Colorado’s typically low-profile Court of Appeals, agreeing to review a decision of the 22-member court for the second time in under a decade. The U.S. Supreme Court, in granting appeals, occasionally gives the green-light to federal cases that come through the Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals…
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Appeals court says trial judges cannot initiate probation revocation proceedings
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An Arapahoe County judge went beyond his legal authority when he ordered a defendant’s probation officer to seek revocation of the man’s probation, Colorado’s second-highest court decided last week. The three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals also took the unusual step of removing District Court Judge Ben L. Leutwyler from the case going forward.…
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Appeals court decides 2-1 on standard for restricting parents’ custody
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A divided panel of the state’s Court of Appeals has clarified the circumstances under which judges can restrict a parent’s time with their children, in a case complicated by the contradictory orders of a Jefferson County magistrate. Under Colorado law, a divorced parent can ask a judge to restrict their ex-spouse’s custody if there are…
