melissa hart
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Justices weigh whether Colorado’s paid family, medical leave program violates TABOR
The survival of Colorado’s paid family and medical leave program, which nearly 58% of voters supported two years ago at the ballot box, may come down to a single sentence in the most controversial part of the state’s constitution: the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. On Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court considered the arguments of a…
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State Supreme Court grants Boulder immunity for defective sidewalk by 4-3 decision
Local governments dodged a potentially massive liability for their defective sidewalks on Tuesday, as the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in a split 4-3 decision that the city of Boulder could not be sued for a misaligned portion of sidewalk that caused a woman to fall and injure herself. Colorado’s governmental immunity law generally prohibits liability…
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Federal judge finds no hiring discrimination in lawsuit against state Judicial Department
A federal judge found “definitively no” indication of discrimination from the state’s judicial branch after a Black job applicant claimed her race and age were the reason she was passed over for a job with the Colorado Supreme Court. In dismissing the lawsuit of Michele D. Brown, U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael E. Hegarty observed that…
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Colorado Supreme Court justices knew about memo alleging misconduct 2 years before it became public
Colorado’s Supreme Court justices were generally aware of a memo containing allegations about judicial misconduct nearly two years before it was made public, according to testimony one of the justices gave in an unrelated federal lawsuit deposition. It is the first acknowledgment that the members of the court knew about the memo shortly after it…
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What is one hotel worth? State Supreme Court wades into dispute over luxury Vail hotel
Vail Resorts and Eagle County hold different views about how much a luxury hotel property in the core of Vail Village is worth – specifically, a difference of $24 million. Now, the Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Fortune 500 company and the state of Colorado are correct that the disputed property should…
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Investigations into alleged judicial misconduct underway as Colorado signs contracts
The Colorado Judicial Department on Wednesday announced it had signed a pair of contracts for independent investigations into allegations of widespread misconduct across the branch that included a quid-pro-quo deal to a former high-ranking official who threatened a sex-discrimination lawsuit that would reveal it all. The contracts, to total no more than $350,000, were awarded…
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Colorado judicial system makes public memo detailing alleged misconduct in alleged hush money contract
Judges in Colorado — apparently including members of the state’s Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court — have engaged in personal misconduct without repercussions, according to the contents of a memo Colorado’s judicial system made public Monday. The memo details sexual relationships between a lower court judge and his staff, pornographic videos sent over…
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CU Law’s Melissa Hart newest member of Colorado Supreme Court
Gov. John Hickenlooper Thursday named CU law professor Melissa Hart as his next appointment to the Colorado Supreme Court. Hart, 48, will replace Justice Allison Eid, who was named by President Donald Trump to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Eid was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for the post on Nov. 2. She replaced…
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Hickenlooper names Boulder law professor Hart to Colorado Supreme Court
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper named Boulder law professor Melissa Hart to the Colorado Supreme Court on Thursday, filling a vacancy left by Allison Eid, who was named to the Tenth Circut Court of Appeals by President Donald Trump. Eid was confirmed by the U.S. Senate Nov. 2. She replaced Justice Neil Gorsuch, whom Trump named…