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Colorado Supreme Court approves tenant-friendly rule change, broadens professional discipline for sexual misconduct
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The Colorado Supreme Court approved a set of rule changes last week that will make it easier for tenants facing eviction to respond to and learn about their landlord’s initial court filing, and for lawyers to be held professionally accountable for unlawful sexual conduct. On Dec. 11, the justices enacted a change to the civil…
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Colorado justices, 4-2, rule tenants have right to a jury trial in eviction cases
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Noting that trial judges across the state are routinely denying tenants the ability to have a jury hear their eviction cases, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that certain types of disputes do qualify for a jury trial after all. By 4-2, the Supreme Court’s majority acknowledged the concern that county courts, where evictions…
