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Transparency at the Colorado Supreme Court: Attorneys voice support for basic tweaks
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In the past year, some members of the U.S. Supreme Court have chosen to disclose their justifications for recusing themselves from specific appeals, for reasons including their prior employment or their connection to people involved with the case. Similarly, the Colorado Supreme Court’s weekly case announcements note when any of the seven justices has recused…
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Pulling back the curtain: Justice William Hood talks about appeals behind the scenes
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The Colorado Supreme Court is increasingly taking up appeals directly from the trial courts, said Justice William W. Hood III at a legal event in February, but lawyers still need to understand how to make a compelling argument for intervention. “You’d be surprised how often it’s just sort of hard to figure out what the…
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Oral arguments, caseloads and bad lawyering: Appellate judges and justices provide peek behind judicial curtain
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Nearly all members of the Colorado Supreme Court and half of the judges on the Court of Appeals convened with attorneys on Friday to give a behind-the-scenes tour of the inner workings of the judiciary, and to voice concern about the escalating number of issues they are being asked to decide in appeals. The topics…
