morris hoffman
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All charter school decisions from state board are final, Supreme Court rules
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday rejected a reading of state law that would enable some of the Colorado State Board of Education’s decisions on charter school applications to be challenged in court, finding instead that the law renders all decisions final and unappealable. The justices reversed a ruling from the Court of Appeals, which…
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Colorado justices to consider financial penalties on lawyers, notice for evictions under COVID rules
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hear an appeal implicating the ability of law firms to financially penalize their attorneys for leaving for another job and taking clients with them. The justices also signaled they will decide whether a federal law enacted during the early COVID-19 pandemic still requires certain landlords…
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Appeals court says Denver judge appropriately handled juror’s heart attack
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A Denver judge properly safeguarded the defendant’s rights when he ordered a jury to restart its deliberations after 11 hours with an alternate substituting for a juror who had a medical emergency, the state’s Court of Appeals decided. Ricardo Castro challenged his 2018 convictions for sexual assault on a child by claiming it was “inconceivable”…
