Judge Don Toussaint
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Colorado justices tell Arapahoe County judge to reconsider disqualification of law firm from case
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday directed an Arapahoe County judge to reconsider his prior decision to remove a law firm from a civil lawsuit due to a conflict of interest. In an unsigned Sept. 8 order, the justices laid out specific issues the judge needed to examine before concluding that the work an attorney…
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Colorado Supreme Court signals intervention in eviction, attorney conflict cases
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The Colorado Supreme Court signaled this month that it may intervene in multiple trial court proceedings, including an unusual standoff in which a county court clerk’s office is allegedly refusing to accept a man’s payment that would enable him to appeal his eviction case. At least four of the seven justices must agree to take up a…
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Colorado justices consider when parents forfeit right to jury trial in child neglect cases
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For parents involved in child neglect cases, Colorado lawmakers have given them the right to ask for a jury trial on the question of whether their children are neglected — a right they give up if they fail to appear at trial. On Tuesday, members of the Colorado Supreme Court heard arguments in three cases in…
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Colorado Supreme Court takes up 6 cases on involuntary intoxication, malicious prosecution, child neglect trials
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will hear appeals in six cases, including the question of whether a person can claim he knowingly ingested one substance that was secretly laced with another behavior-altering substance as a defense to criminal charges. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to grant an…
