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U.S. Courts

  • News

    May 3, 2012

    Growing numbers of veterans are becoming addicted to gambling

    Where's the military when the chips are down?

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Dick Cheney-Steve Howards case goes before the Supreme Court

    Last December, we noted that the U.S. Supreme Court had agreed to hear an appeal by Steve Howards, who claimed that his free speech rights had been chilled by Secret Service agents when he approached then-Vice President Dick Cheney in Colorado circa 2006. Yesterday, the case reached the nation's hig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Prisoners don't have a right to be read their rights, Supreme Court decides

    Somewhere Byron "Whizzer" White is smiling. The late, great University of Colorado football star and U.S. Supreme Court Justice never cared much for his colleagues' bleeding-heart Miranda decision back in 1966, which required that suspects in custody must be advised of their rights before being inte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Ken Salazar's move to restrict drilling rejected by federal judge

    Ken Salazar.​Since his appointment as Secretary of the Interior in 2009, Ken Salazar has been the point man for the Obama administration's efforts to put the brakes on the drill-baby-drill energy policy of the Bush years, often facing stiff opposition from congressional leaders and the oil and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Subway in a legal battle over the term "footlong"

    Is Subway the only retaurant allowed to sell a "footlong?"​A jury in an Iowa court may soon be debating noun vs. verb use, hyphenation and twelve-inch sandwiches. Casey's General Stores Inc., which is based in Ankeny, Iowa, filed a lawsuit against Subway in U.S. District Court in Des Moines on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    David Sirota named justice on Matt Taibbi's Supreme Court of Assholedom: Congrats!

    David Sirota.​If syndicated columnist and AM 760 talk-show host David Sirota's parents ever hoped their son would one day become a member of the Supreme Court, their wish has (kinda) been granted. Today, Sirota is announcing that he has been named one of nine justices on the Supreme Court of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Brooks Kellogg, 73, pleads not guilty to trying to hire a hit man over real estate lawsuit

    Brooks Kellogg.​Brooks Kellogg, the 73-year old businessman arrested at Denver International Airport last month for allegedly trying to hire a hit man, pleaded not guilty in Denver federal court earlier today -- and reports that undercover agents don't have a recording of his statements at DIA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Bare nipples at Boulder city council meeting: David Lane takes on Seth Brigham's cause

    Seth Brigham being arrested.​To protest an ordinance that might have criminalized women who publicly bare their nipples, Boulder's Seth Brigham stripped to his boxers at a February city council meeting -- and was promptly arrested. Four months later, David Lane, fresh from winning a $5.9 mill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Patric LeHouillier, Colorado Springs lawyer, to pay $50,000 for discriminating against seeing-eye dog

    Could you say no to this guy? Apparently, Patric LeHouillier can.​A Colorado Springs attorney accused of violating the Americans with Disabilities act by not allowing a disabled woman and her seeing eye dog into his office will have to shell out $50,000 as part of a consent decree approved by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Rocky Flats judgment appealed while plaintiffs wait... and wait

    ​Plutonium lasts forever, and so do legal cases involving Rocky Flats. Yesterday, 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges Stephen Anderson, Jerome Holmes and Michael Murphy heard arguments in the appeal of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant class-action lawsuit -- filed by neighbors of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Bull semen debate gets sticky at Colorado statehouse

    An illustration from ClearTheBenchColorado.org's page: Justice is blindfolded but not gagged.​In January, we introduced you to Matt Arnold of ClearTheBenchColorado.org, who thinks four of the state's Supreme Court justices shouldn't be retained because of the way they've twisted the spirit of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Medical marijuana attorney Rob Corry: "The future is here"

    Rob Corry has his PR cannon aimed squarely at Centennial.​The lawsuit against Centennial by CannaMart, a medical marijuana dispensary the city shut down despite granting it a business license a short time earlier, gets its first reading in court today, and Rob Corry and a team of attorneys rep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Latino support of Bill Ritter remains strong despite Stephanie Villafuerte nomination withdrawal

    Polly Baca sees comparisons to the treatment of Stephanie Villafuerte and Sonia Sotomayor.​Talk about some potentially awkward timing. The day after Stephanie Villafuerte withdrew her nomination as U.S. Attorney for Colorado, a group of forty Latino leaders is scheduled to endorse the re-elect ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Read the order muzzling embattled ICE agent Cory Voorhis

    Cory Voorhis, sans a gag.​No doubt former ICE agent Cory Voorhis would have loved to comment on an October 23 Denver Post article about Stephanie Villafuerte, a former deputy district attorney and Bill Ritter associate nominated by President Barack Obama as U.S. Attorney. Trouble is, Voorhis h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Shaggy Bandit spills all about bank-robbing spree

    Shaggy in action.​Michael A. Kincade, dubbed the Shaggy Bandit, must not take that whole you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent thing very seriously. Shortly after he and an accomplice, the nickname-challenged Christopher Lee Richardson, were captured last week, Kincade gave a jailhouse interview ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    The Colorado Judicial Building reeks

    Views of the Colorado Judicial Building.​Good news for those of you who've always felt something stinks at the Colorado Judicial Building, where the state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals are housed: Today, even Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey agrees with you. She's closed the str ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Will Sonia Sotomayor soon be getting a Supreme Court demo from Officer "Numchuck Sticks"?

    Heads up your Honor! ​Despite this week's Westword cover story detailing Sonia Sotomayor's clear judicial bias against "numchuck sticks," the Senate still voted to confirm the wise-Latina-loving nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court on August 6. (Apparently the powerful pro-nunchaku lobby was too ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Denverites ready to celebrate Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation

    Sonia Sotomayor, in an image from the White House's website.​Sonia Sotomayor, whose ruling about nunchucks is part of this week's Jared Jacang Maher feature article about Thornton cop Kevin Orcutt's police-oriented nunchaku design, hasn't been officially confirmed as a Supreme Court justice at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    DA Carol Chambers: Avoiding the inevitable

    Carol Chambers. As Westword's Alan Prendergast has reported in a series of blogs, Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos Samour Jr. has ordered district attorney Carol Chambers to appoint a special prosecutor in the case of Julie Stene, who says she was sexually assaulted after a 2000 high school gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Former Bronco Travis Henry sentenced to three years in prison

    Travis Henry during his locker-room days. Back in September, former Denver Broncos running back Travis Henry was arrested in relation to a series of cocaine-related charges -- but because the drugs in question were found in Montana, the trial took place there rather than in Denver. That proceeding ... More >>

  • News

    June 25, 2009

    A multimillion-dollar weed ring goes down -- and threatens to take a prominent restaurant owner with it

    The bust was almost blown after an internal leak, and Dan Tang -- his Heaven Dragon Chinese food beloved local politicians -- was implicated.

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    Colorado Crimes: Welcome back, Ronald F. Thrasher

    Betcha there's one of these babies in Mr. Thrasher's future. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Ronald F. Thrasher, formerly of Colorado Springs, has been on the run for the past fourteen years. That's not entirely true: He's probably rested a time or two since 1995, when he fled custody befo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    Gag me with a ballot

    Betcha there's one of these babies in Mr. Thrasher's future. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Ronald F. Thrasher, formerly of Colorado Springs, has been on the run for the past fourteen years. That's not entirely true: He's probably rested a time or two since 1995, when he fled custody befo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    A chile welcome for Barack Obama

    Betcha there's one of these babies in Mr. Thrasher's future. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Ronald F. Thrasher, formerly of Colorado Springs, has been on the run for the past fourteen years. That's not entirely true: He's probably rested a time or two since 1995, when he fled custody befo ... More >>

  • News

    December 13, 2007

    Blackburned

    Who’s the bigger bully — the smartass attorney who scorched the Denver Fire Department, or the fussbudget judge who threw out the verdict?

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2007

    Judge Blackburn to Whistleblower: Shut Up Already

    Who’s the bigger bully — the smartass attorney who scorched the Denver Fire Department, or the fussbudget judge who threw out the verdict?

  • News

    September 27, 2007

    Political Asylum a Long Time Coming

    Alimata ran a long way from the Ivory Coast, and now she can rest her heels here permanently.

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2007

    The Video Professor Sues His Unnamed Critics

    Alimata ran a long way from the Ivory Coast, and now she can rest her heels here permanently.

  • News

    June 7, 2007

    Kink in the System

    Commerce City is taking the Enclave BDSM club all the way to the Supreme Court.

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2007

    Breaking News: Quiznos Franchisees Win Injunction

    Commerce City is taking the Enclave BDSM club all the way to the Supreme Court.

  • News

    June 8, 2006

    Whistle Stop

    A Supreme Court decision may challenge workers' First Amendment rights.

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2006

    You Go, Joe

    A Supreme Court decision may challenge workers' First Amendment rights.

  • News

    August 18, 2005

    Off Limits

    Going, Going, Gonzo

  • News

    May 29, 2003

    The Waiting Game

    Justice will be served in the 18th Judicial District -- eventually.

  • Dining

    April 24, 2003

    Consumed

    Beer Bust

  • News

    February 27, 2003

    Shrine On

    You must remember this.

  • News

    August 15, 2002

    Take a Memo

    State Farm puts a premium on protecting its reputation. Good luck.

  • News

    April 18, 2002

    The Mystery of Pai

    He came. He saw. He bought a mountain. But can Lou Pai make peace with his neighbors?

  • News

    November 22, 2001

    Disorder in the Court

    Judge John Kane has seen too many casualties in the War on Drugs. Now he demands a government retreat.

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    Derailing Affirmative Action

    Randy Pech says the government's disadvantaged business programs discriminated against his company. This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide if he's right.

  • Culture

    February 15, 2001

    Cough It Up

    The man who created Josie and the Pussycats can't understand why his girls don't belong to him

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    Scene From a Mall

    Shopping-center execs love getting attention in the media -- as long as they call the shots.

  • News

    February 25, 1999

    Hazardous Wait

    Shopping-center execs love getting attention in the media -- as long as they call the shots.

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    Bench Pressed

    The logjam in Denver's federal district court is one of the worst in the country. Blame Congress, Timothy McVeigh, greedy lawyers -- and judges who don't have time to judge.

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Off Limits

    The logjam in Denver's federal district court is one of the worst in the country. Blame Congress, Timothy McVeigh, greedy lawyers -- and judges who don't have time to judge.

  • News

    July 9, 1998

    Not a Pretty Picture

    When you're fighting for artists' rights, things can get ugly.

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    Civics Lessons

    When you're fighting for artists' rights, things can get ugly.

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    Put Up or Shut Up

    Want to fight a real estate development in Colorado? Be ready to pay to play.

  • News

    October 2, 1997

    Free Willy

    As part of his never-ending fight against gays, car dealer Will Perkins gets himself "arrested" in Vail.

  • News

    May 29, 1997

    Special Handling

    It's a guy thing: Two UPS men claim sexual harassment by another man.

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