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Nurse Fails To Regain Job After Spat With Police
DENVER (AP) – An appeals court rejected a nurse’s attempt to get her job back after she was fired because she told a police officer who cited for speeding that she hoped he was never one of her...
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$10 Fee At Popular Mount Evans Upheld By Court
DENVER (AP) – A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday the U.S. Forest Service can keep charging a $10 fee to drive the nation’s highest paved road on a peak west of Denver. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of...
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Denver Appellate Court To Hear Islamic Law Case
DENVER (AP) – A federal appeals court in Denver is considering Oklahoma’s voter approved law that prohibits state courts from considering international law or Islamic law when deciding cases. A federal...
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Appeals Court Rules Federal Inmate Photos Private
DENVER (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that mug shots of federal prisoners are private, rejecting an appeal from an Oklahoma newspaper that argued people have a right to know how inmates are...
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Petroleum Companies Challenge Federal Leasing
DENVER (AP) – Oil and gas companies asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to force the U.S. Department of Interior to move more quickly on issuing oil and gas leases. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals...
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Court: Hobby Lobby Can Challenge Health Care Law
DENVER (AP) — In a health care decision giving hope to opponents of the federal birth-control coverage mandate, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Hobby Lobby stores won’t have to start paying...
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Federal Court Rejects Appeal In 1995 Colorado Murder Case
DENVER (AP) — A man who had his death sentence overturned in a 1995 murder case has lost his appeal to a federal court to review his life sentence. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday...
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Craft Protest In Denver Marks Birth Control Case
DENVER (AP) – A group of Denver supporters of the federal birth control employer mandate took out their arts and crafts supplies to protest Attorney General John Suthers’ involvement in the Hobby Lobby...
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Gay Marriage’s Win Streak Tested In Denver Appeals Court
DENVER (AP/CBS4) — Sharp questioning Thursday by a divided panel of appellate judges considering Utah’s ban on gay marriages showed that, while same-sex marriage has had a remarkable winning streak...
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Colorado Leaders Seek Gay-Marriage Resolution
DENVER (AP) — Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper and Republican Attorney General John Suthers asked a federal court Wednesday to issue an injunction declaring Colorado’s same-sex marriage ban...
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All Eyes On Courts As Colorado’s Gay Couples Seek Licenses
DENVER (CBS4) – Gay newlyweds in Colorado are now looking to the courts, both state and federal, for clues about the legality of their recent nuptials. “We won’t be secure until a Supreme Court ruling,...
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Oklahoma’s Ban On Gay Marriage Is Unconstitutional, Court Rules
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A federal appeals court ruling Friday that Oklahoma’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional spurred celebration among gay rights activists but sparked sharp anger among...
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Colorado Won’t See Gay Marriage Yet
DENVER (AP) — Gay marriage isn’t coming to Colorado yet. A federal appeals court on Thursday extended a stay on a ruling from last month that found the state’s gay marriage ban is unconstitutional. The...
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Colorado Asks Supreme Court To Settle Gay Marriage
DENVER (AP) – Monday’s hearing in federal appeals court in California on whether states should be allowed to ban same-sex marriage follows a similar case federal judges in Denver considered this...
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Some Colorado Clerks Waiting For Court Actions
DENVER (AP) – Clerks in some of Colorado’s largest counties are waiting for final court orders before issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. State Attorney General John Suthers, Gov. John...
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Boulder, Denver Issuing Gay Marriage Licenses
DENVER (AP) – Boulder and Denver counties are joining other Colorado counties in issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. Clerks there announced Tuesday they are now issuing the licenses after the...
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Gay Marriage Becomes Legal Throughout Colorado
DENVER (AP) – Gay marriage officially became legal throughout Colorado on Tuesday but, with such unions now on firm legal ground, there was no rush of couples to tie the knot. Colorado Attorney General...
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Gay Marriage Supporters To Rally At 10th Circuit
DENVER (AP) – Supporters of same-sex marriage in Colorado are celebrating their legal victory but also trying to help advance their cause elsewhere. Gov. John Hickenlooper and others including software...
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U.S. Supreme Court Wants Another Review Of Colorado TABOR Suit
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is ordering a lower court to take another look at a Colorado challenge to the Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights. Some state lawmakers are challenging TABOR, saying it...
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Appeals Court Upholds Colorado’s Renewable Energy Mandate
DENVER (AP) – Colorado’s renewable energy mandate has been upheld by a federal appeals court. The mandate was challenged by a free-market advocacy group that argued that the renewable energy...
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Denver Court: New Health Law Doesn’t Infringe On Religious Freedom
DENVER (AP) – The federal health care law doesn’t infringe on the religious freedom of faith-based nonprofit organizations that object to covering birth control in employee health plans, a federal...
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Interior Secretary Feels Pressure On Colorado Coal Mine
DENVER (AP) — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is visiting Colorado under pressure to make sure a coal mine ordered to undergo a new environmental review remains open. Jewell is scheduled to meet Friday...
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Birth Control Ruling On Hold While Nuns Await Supreme Court
DENVER (AP) — A group of Colorado nuns won’t have to comply with a federal ruling about birth control until they hear whether the U.S. Supreme Court will hear their case. The 10th Circuit Court of...
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Federal Judges Object To Birth Control Ruling
DENVER (AP) — Five federal judges are criticizing a decision by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals not to rehear a challenge to a case involving birth control, which could strengthen the case for U.S....
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New Mexico Tribe Appeals Ruling On Casino Dispute With State
DENVER (AP) — Lawyers for an American Indian community in New Mexico asked a federal appeals court on Monday to overturn a lower court ruling that blocked them from going through the U.S. Interior...
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Ex-New Mexico Sheriff Appeals Conviction In Road Rage Case
DENVER (AP) – An attorney for a former New Mexico sheriff who pulled a gun on a motorist and struck him with his badge told an appeals court on Tuesday that he was wrongfully convicted of rights...
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Appeal Heard In Dispute Over Ten Commandments Monument
DENVER (AP) – A New Mexico municipality that wants to keep a 6-foot-tall Ten Commandments monument outside City Hall told a federal appeals court Wednesday that the structure is not government speech...
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Appeals Court Backs Ban On Snowboarders At Utah Ski Resort
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A Utah ski resort can hold onto its status as one of the last in the country to ban snowboarders on its slopes, a federal appeals court decided Tuesday. The judges dismissed a...
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Group Claims BLM Is Trying To Wipe Out Wild Horse Population
By Jamie Leary DENVER (CBS4)– There were two cases presented to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Monday, both involving the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board and the...
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Appeals Court: Roundup Not Required For Overpopulated Horses
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday against Wyoming officials who sought to require the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to round up wild horses from overpopulated herds, a...
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Federal Court Deals Another Setback To Ranchers In Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management violated the law when it removed more than 1,200 wild horses from southwest Wyoming in 2014. The ruling...
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Appeals Court Battle Over Endangered Species Reintroduction
DENVER (AP) — The latest on a court fight over endangered Mexican gray wolves. 11 a.m. A federal appeals court is weighing whether New Mexico can block the federal government from releasing more...
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Christo Abandons ‘Over The River’ Project In Colorado
DENVER (AP) – The artist Christo said Wednesday he has abandoned his plan to drape translucent fabric above portions of Colorado’s scenic Arkansas River, a proposal that generated fierce opposition and...
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Court Revives Church-State Lawsuit Against Colorado Schools
DENVER (AP) — A federal court has revived a Colorado parent’s lawsuit that alleges a school district violated the constitutional separation of church and state. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in...
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U.S. Court Asked To Hold Off On Decision Over Fracking Rules
DENVER (AP) — The Trump administration asked three federal judges from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to hold off on a decision regarding a major federal fracking rule implemented...
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Ski Resort Waiver Leaves Skiers, Snowboarders With Less Protection
By Jeff Todd DENVER (CBS4) – A recent decision from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver says skiers and snowboarders may not have any protections if they’re injured on the slopes. (credit: CBS)...
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