Cases of Note Criteria

Cases that meet one or more of the following criteria will be summarized as Cases of Note.

Objective

• The General Assembly is a named party.
• The decision is based on separation of powers.
• The decision interprets a constitutional provision that applies specifically to the General Assembly.
• The decision clearly overrules precedent.
• The decision explicitly creates a conflict within the court of appeals.
• The court finds that a statute is unconstitutional.
• The court finds that federal law preempts a statute or constitutional provision.
• The court finds that a statute conflicts with other statutes.
• The court finds that a statute is so ambiguous that it suggests that the General Assembly amend it.
• The court finds that a statute has a gap or otherwise is broken so that it cannot apply the statute without significant interpretation.

Subjective

• The decision reverses the trial court or court of appeals on a significant question of law.
• The decision appears to be a landmark decision for Colorado.
• The court significantly reinterprets a statute or constitutional provision.
• The subject matter is of significant policy interest.