Colorado Court of Appeals

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The Colorado Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in Colorado. It was established in 1891, abolished in 1905, re-established in 1913, re-abolished in 1917 and established in its current form in 1970. It consists of 22 appointed judges who, after their initial appointment, are then subject to a retention election every eight years thereafter. Their terms end on the second Tuesday in January.

The Colorado Court of Appeals hears most of the direct appeals from the Colorado district courts. It also hears appeals from the rulings of some of Colorado's administrative agencies. The court typically issues its decisions on Thursday mornings, with case announcements posted on the court's website usually by 8:00 a.m.

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Colorado Court of Appeals
Court information
Judges:	22
Judicial selection
Method:	Commission-selection, political appointment
Term:	8 years
Active judges
Janice Davidson  •  Daniel Taubman  •  James Casebolt  •  John Daniel Dailey  •  John Webb  •  Dennis Graham  •  Russell Carparelli  •  Alan Loeb  •  Robert Hawthorne  •  Gilbert Roman  •  David Furman  •  Steve Bernard  •  Diana Terry  •  Jerry N. Jones  •  Nancy Lichtenstein  •  David Richman  •  Richard Gabriel  •  Gale Miller  •  Laurie Booras  •  Terry Fox  •  Stephanie Erin Dunn  •  Anthony Navarro  •

Overview

Like most appellate courts, the Court sits in three-member divisions to decide cases. The Chief Judge, appointed by the Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, assigns judges to the divisions and rotates their assignments. The mission of the Court of Appeals is to provide the citizens of Colorado with clear, impartial, and timely resolutions of appealed orders and judgments as provided by law. The Court of Appeals was created by statute; accordingly, jurisdiction is limited to the areas specified by state statute, together with the inherent powers granted to all courts.

Established under Section 1 of Article VI of the Colorado Constitution and Section 13-4-101, et seq., C.R.S. (Colorado Revised Statutes), the Court of Appeals has initial jurisdiction, with exceptions, over appeals from the Colorado District Courts, Denver Probate Court, and Denver Juvenile Court. In addition, the Court of Appeals has specific appellate jurisdiction over decisions originating from a number of state administrative boards and agencies, including the Industrial Claim Appeals Office. Reviews of the Court of Appeals’ decisions are directed to the Colorado Supreme Court.

Current Court of Appeals Judges

Judge	Term	Division	Appointed by	Party
Presiding Judge Janice Davidson	2006-2015
Judge Daniel Taubman	1993-2021
Judge James Casebolt	1994-2021
Judge John Daniel Dailey	2000-2019
Judge John Webb	2002-2021
Judge Dennis Graham	2002-2021
Judge Russell Carparelli	2003-2015
Judge Alan Loeb	2003-2014
Judge Robert Hawthorne	2005-2017
Judge Gilbert Roman	2005-2017
Judge David Furman	2006-2017
Judge Steve Bernard	2006-2017		Gov. Bill Owens
Judge Diana Terry	2006-2017
Judge Jerry N. Jones	2006-2017
Judge Nancy Lichtenstein	2008-2019
Judge David Richman	2008-2018		Gov. Bill Ritter
Judge Richard Gabriel	2008-2018		Gov. Bill Ritter
Judge Gale Miller	2009-2021		Gov. Bill Ritter
Judge Laurie Booras	2009-2021		Gov. Bill Ritter
Judge Terry Fox	2010-2013		Gov. Bill Ritter
Judge Stephanie Erin Dunn	2012-2020		Gov. John Hickenlooper
Judge Anthony Navarro	2013-present		Gov. John Hickenlooper

Publication of decisions

The court issues published and unpublished decisions. It releases its published decisions on alternate weeks and its unpublished decisions every week. Published decisions are made available on the court's website with their full text; the list of unpublished decisions is also made available on that website. A feature on the Court of Appeals website allows people to request that they be e-mailed copies of unpublished decisions.

External links

Wikipedia has an article on

Colorado Court of Appeals

• Website of the Colorado Court of Appeals
• Colorado Appeals blog, a blog that discusses every new decision of the Colorado Supreme Court and Colorado Court of Appeals
• Rocky Mountain Appellate Blog, Analysis and commentary on the practice of appellate law and on news, events and decisions from the Colorado Supreme Court, Colorado Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court

References

2012

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Candidate	Incumbent	Retention vote:	Retention Vote %
TaubmanDaniel Taubman   A	Yes	1,357,452	71.42%A
GrahamDennis Graham   A	Yes	1,336,261	69.89%A
MillerGale Miller   A	Yes	1,350,977	70.88%A
CaseboltJames Casebolt   A	Yes	1,391,604	72.64%A
WebbJohn Webb   A	Yes	1,359,521	71.63%A
BoorasLaurie Booras   A	Yes	1,395,803	72.19%A