Judge Don Toussaint
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Colorado justices tell Arapahoe County judge to reconsider disqualification of law firm from case
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
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
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
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…