SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 9:00 a.m.

Oral Argument: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 EN BANC

Bailiff: Douglas Edwards/Grant Sullivan

10SC419 (1 HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For the Petitioner:

) John W. Suthers
Colorado Division of Unemployment and ) Attorney General
Training, ) Katie Allison
) Assistant Attorney General
v. )
) For the Respondent Accord Human
Respondents: ) Resources:
) Thomas M. Rogers, III
Accord Human Resources, Inc. and Industrial ) Jaclyn K. Casey
Claim Appeals Office of the State of ) Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP
Colorado. ) and
) Brian M. Nugent
) The Nugent Law Firm, P.C.
)
) For Amicus Curiae the Denver Metro
) Chamber of Commerce:
) Donald K. Bain
) Holme Roberts & Owen LLP

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 09CA1356

Docketed: June 25, 2010
At Issue: March 11, 2011

ISSUE(S):

Whether section 8-70-114 C.R.S. (2010) gives the Division the authority to combine separate
entities with separate employer accounts into a single employing unit for the purpose of
assessing unemployment taxes.
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Oral Argument: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 10:00 a.m
EN BANC

10SC330 (½ HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For the Petitioner:

) Phillip F. Malouff, Jr.
The People of the State of Colorado, ) Mendenhall & Malouff, R.L.L.P.
)
In the Interest of Minor Children: ) For the Respondent:
) Davide C. Migliaccio
A. G., A. G., R. B., and N. B., )
) For the minor children:
v. ) Kim R. Verhoeff
)
Respondent: )
)
C. M. )

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 09CA1451

Docketed: May 19, 2010
At Issue: April 8, 2011

ISSUE(S):

Whether the court of appeals erred by deciding that the family relationship between the court
clerk and a material witness required the trial judge to recuse himself.
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Oral Argument: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 10:30 a.m.
EN BANC

10SC446 (1 HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For the Petitioner:

) John W. Suthers
The People of the State of Colorado, ) Attorney General
) John J. Fuerst, III
v. ) Senior Assistant Attorney General
)
Respondent: ) For the Respondent:
) Douglas K. Wilson
Jerad Allen Pickering. ) Colorado State Public Defender
) Ryann S. Hardman
) Deputy Public Defender

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 07CA2322

Docketed: July 9, 2010
At Issue: April 4, 2011

ISSUE(S):

Whether the court of appeals erred in reversing respondent’s conviction for reckless
manslaughter because the trial court instructed the jury pursuant to section 18-1-704(4), C.R.S.
(2010), that the prosecution does not bear the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that
the defendant did not act in self-defense.
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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 1:30 p.m.
Oral Argument: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 EN BANC
Bailiff: Timothy Zimmerman/Trina Ruhland

10SC275 (1 HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For the Petitioner:

) Allan L. Hale
The Glenelk Association, Inc., ) Richard A. Westfall
) Peter J. Krumholz
v. ) Hale Westfall, LLP
)
Respondent: ) For the Respondent:
) Victor F. Boog
Ronald P. Lewis. ) Boog & Cruser, P.C.

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 09CA1209

Docketed: April 29, 2010
At Issue: April 1, 2011

ISSUE(S):

Whether the court of appeals erred by deciding that the condemnor had proved necessity and
scope of the proposed easement without examining the purported "practical use of the property"
for which the taking is claimed to determine whether the taking is "indispensable" to that use.
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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 9:00 a.m.
Oral Argument: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 EN BANC
Bailiff: Tricia Leakey/Melissa Boness

10SC344 (1 HOUR)

Petitioners: ) For the Petitioners:

) Patrick T. O’Rourke
The Regents of the University of Colorado; ) Margaret Wilensky
Stephen Ludwig, in his official capacity as ) Office of University Counsel
Regent; Joseph Neguse, in his official )
capacity as Regent; Monisha Merchant, in her ) For the Respondents:
official capacity as Regent; Michael Carrigan, ) James M. Manley
in his official capacity as Regent; Tom ) Mountain States Legal Foundation
Lucero, in his official capacity as Regent; )
Steve Bosley, in his official capacity as ) For Amicus Curiae The Brady Center to
Regent; Kyle Hybl, in his official capacity as ) Prevent Gun Violence, Colorado
Regent; James Geddes, in his official capacity ) Ceasefire Capitol Fund, and the Greater
as Regent; Tilman Bishop, in his official ) Denver Million Mom March:
capacity as Regent; Jim Spice, in his official ) Edward T. Ramey
capacity as Chief of Campus Police, ) Isaacson Rosenbaum P.C.
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; )
Pam Shockley-Zalabak, in her official ) For Amicus Curiae National Rifle
capacity as Chancellor, University of ) Association:
Colorado at Colorado Springs; Doug ) Richard A. Westfall
Abraham, in his official capacity as Chief of ) Peter J. Krumholz
Campus Police, University of Colorado ) Hale Westfall, LLP
Denver; and M. Roy Wilson, in his official )
capacity as Chancellor, University of ) For Amicus Curiae Rocky Mountain
Colorado Denver; ) Gun Owners :
) Terrance L. Ryan
v. ) The Terry Ryan Law Firm, LLC
)
Respondents: ) For Amicus Curiae The County Sheriffs
) of Colorado and The Independence
Students for Concealed Carry On Campus, ) Institute :
LLC, a Texas limited liability company; ) David B. Kopel
Martha Altman; Eric Mote; and John Davis. ) Tyler Martinez
)
) For Amicus Curiae Second Amendment
) Foundation:
) Ann Whalen Gill
) Highlands Ranch Law Center, P.C.
) and

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) Mikolaj T. Tempski (pro hac vice)

) Second Amendment Foundation
) and
) Alan Gura (pro hac vice)
) Gura & Possessky, P.L.L.C.

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 09CA1230

Docketed: May 25, 2010
At Issue: February 23, 2011

ISSUE(S):

Whether the General Assembly intended the Concealed Carry Act to divest the Board of Regents
of its constitutional and statutory authority to enact safety and welfare measures for the
University of Colorado’s campuses.

Whether a constitutional challenge to a statute or ordinance regulating the right to bear arms is
governed by the deferential “rational basis” standard of review or a more stringent “reasonable
exercise” standard of review.
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Oral Argument: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 10:00 a.m.
EN BANC

10SC325 (½ HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For the Petitioner:

) Douglas K. Wilson
Charles Glenn McKendry, ) Colorado State Public Defender
) Dana L. Menzel
v. ) Deputy State Public Defender
)
Respondent: ) For the Respondent:
) Carol Chambers
The People of the State of Colorado. ) District Attorney
) Jacob Edson
) Deputy District Attorney

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 09CA2748

Docketed: May 17, 2010
At Issue: February 7, 2011

ISSUE(S):

Whether the respondent is required to present sufficient evidence to establish probable cause that
an adult is “at-risk” in relation to a charge of sexual assault on an at-risk adult pursuant to
sections 18-6.5-103(7)(a) and 18-3-402(1)(a), C.R.S. (2010) at a preliminary hearing.
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Oral Argument: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 10:30 a.m.
EN BANC

10SC281 (1 HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For the Petitioner:

) Gregory R. Giometti
Monica David Vickery, ) Carl W. Dowdy
) Gregory R. Giometti & Assoc. P.C.
v. )
) For the Respondent:
Respondent: ) Dennis J. Tharp
) Jessica H. Catlin
Merry Gayle Vickery. ) Stevens, Littman, Biddison, Tharp &
) Weinberg, LLC
)
) For Amicus Curiae Colorado Civil
) Justice League:
) Christopher L. Ottele
) Christopher Brady
) Husch Blackwell LLP

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 09CA586

Docketed: April 30, 2010
At Issue: February 23, 2011

ISSUE(S):

Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that statutorily mandated prejudgment interest
should not be added to the jury’s assessment of compensatory damages before exemplary
damages awarded by the jury are reduced to the one-to-one ratio required by C.R.S. section 13-
21-102(1)(a).
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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 1:30 p.m.
Oral Argument: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 EN BANC
Bailiff: Rachel Jones/Jennifer Seidenberg

10SA373 (1 HOUR)

In Re ) For the Petitioner:

) Jim Leventhal
Plaintiff: ) Molly L. Greenblat
) Benjamin I. Sachs
Ernest Ortega, ) David P. Mason
) Leventhal, Brown & Puga, P.C.
v. )
) For the Respondents Kaiser Foundation
Defendants: ) Health Plan of Colorado and David
) Lieuwen, M.D :
Colorado Permanente Medical Group P.C.; ) John L. Conklin
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado; ) Amy K. Cardone
and David Lieuwen, M.D. ) Martin Conklin, P.C.
) and
) Elizabeth C. Moran
) Pryor Johnson Carney Karr Nixon, P.C.
)
) For Amicus Curiae for the Regents of
) the University of Colorado:
) Patrick T. O’Rourke
) Office of the University Counsel
)
) For Amicus Curiae HCA – Healthone
) LLC’s:
) John A. Francis
) Richard P. Holme
) Lisa Edwards Rothrock
) Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
)
) For Amicus Curiae Copic Insurance
) Company:
) Andrew M. Low
) Richard P. Holme
) Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

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) For Amicus Curiae Colorado Medical

) Society
) Kari M. Hershey
) Hershey Skinner, LLC

Original Proceeding, District Court, City and County of Denver, 09CV9328

Docketed: December 10, 2010
At Issue: March 25, 2011

ISSUE(S):

Whether, in a medical malpractice action brought against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of
Colorado and one of its affiliated physicians by a former Kaiser enrollee, the district court erred
in finding that no physician-patient privilege attaches to any information in the enrollee’s
medical records merely because such records -- spanning a period of over ten years and covering
numerous examinations and treatments of unrelated medical conditions by scores of non-party
physicians and nurses -- are stored on Kaiser’s electronic records system, that all information in
these records is relevant and/or pertinent to the dispute, and that all such records are therefore
properly discoverable.
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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 9:00 a.m.
Oral Argument: Thursday, June 9, 2011 EN BANC
Bailiff: Stuart Gillespie/Chad Grell

10SC220 (1 HOUR)

Petitioners: ) For the Petitioners:

) John W. Suthers
Roxy Huber, in her capacity as Executive ) Attorney General
Director of the Department of Revenue, State ) Daniel D. Domenico
of Colorado; The Colorado Department of ) Solicitor General
Revenue; and The State of Colorado; ) Maurice G. Knaizer
) Deputy Attorney General
v. ) Matthew D. Grove
) Assistant Attorney General
Respondents: )
) For the Respondents:
Colorado Mining Association; Twentymile ) Paul M. Seby
Coal Company; Mountain Coal Company, ) Marian C. Larsen
LLC; Colowyo Coal Company, L.P.; Oxbow ) Moye White LLP
Mining, LLC; Trapper Mining Inc.; and )
Bowie Resources, LLC. ) For Amicus Curiae Tri-State Generation
) and Transmission Association, Inc.:
) Thomas J. Dougherty
) Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP
)
) For Amicus Curiae Colorado
) Association of Commerce and Industry
) and Denver Chamber of Commerce:
) Matthew A. Morr
) Featherstone Petrie DeSisto LLP

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 09CA132

Docketed: April 5, 2010
At Issue: December 23, 2010

ISSUE(S):

Whether application of a statutory provision enacted before the adoption of the Colorado
Taxpayer Bill of Rights, Colo. Const. art. X, section 20, which increases taxes based on an
inflation adjustment factor tethered to an external economic index, amounts to a “tax rate
increase” requiring statewide voter approval.
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Oral Argument: Thursday, June 9, 2011 10:00 a.m.
EN BANC

09SC519 (½ HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For the Petitioner:

) Larry Dean Valente
Daniel Shane Hassler, )
)
v. )
) For the Respondent:
Respondent: ) Adam L. Plotkin
) Steven J. Wienczkowski
Account Brokers of Larimer County, Inc. ) Adam L. Plotkin, P.C.

Certiorari to the District Court, Jefferson County, 09CV444

Docketed: June 17, 2009
At Issue: November 22, 2010

ISSUE(S):

Whether the district court erred in upholding the county court magistrate’s order finding that the
six-year statute of limitations set forth in section 13-80-103.5(1)(a), C.R.S. (2009), began to run
the day after the sale of a repossessed vehicle rather than the day after the default of the contract
to purchase the vehicle occurred.
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Oral Argument: Thursday, June 9, 2011 10:30 a.m.
EN BANC

10SC159 (1 HOUR)

Petitioner/Cross-Respondent: ) For the Petitioner/Cross-Respondent:

) Brendan O. Powers
Judith Koenig, ) Jack D. Robinson
) Spies, Powers & Robinson, P.C.
v. )
) For the Respondent/Cross-Petitioner:
Respondent/Cross-Petitioner: ) Stephen G. Masciocchi
) Holland & Hart
Purco Fleet Services, Inc., a Utah corporation. ) and
) Stephen K. Christiansen (pro hac vice)
) Van Cot, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 08CA1677

Docketed: March 8, 2010
At Issue: February 22, 2011

ISSUE(S):

Whether the court of appeals erred in interpreting a car rental agreement permitting loss of use
damages “regardless of fleet utilization” as providing for such damages by proof of certain “loss
prerequisites.”

Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that the measure of damages for loss of use is
net lost profits.
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