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Appeals judge asks Colorado Supreme Court to clarify process for returning seized property to defendants
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A member of Colorado’s second-highest court asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to address the consequences of its 2022 decision outlining how convicted defendants are supposed to seek the return of property seized by law enforcement. In Woo v. El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, the justices concluded that defendants cannot bring a separate civil…
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Appeals court invokes ‘drastic’ sanction, throws out multimillion-dollar claim in RTD rail construction project
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday determined the $5.7 million a trial judge awarded a subcontractor for its work on the Regional Transportation District’s commuter rail expansion is invalid because the company initially sought more than two times that amount without any basis for doing so. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals interpreted for…
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Appeals court rules in favor of limited disclosure for child abuse reports
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Colorado’s second-highest court last week ruled that the state must disclose general details about child abuse reports at group living facilities in response to an open records request, provided no identifying information is included. By 2-1, a panel of the Court of Appeals concluded the law generally shielding child abuse and neglect reports from disclosure…
