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COLORADO SUPREME COURT

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009
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OPINIONS
SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 08SC384

Two East 14th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80203
Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Case No. 06CA1526
Petitioner:
B.B. & C. Partnership,
v.
Respondent:
The Edelweiss Condominium Association.
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
EN BANC
JUSTICE HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
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Petitioner:
American Family Mutual Insurance Company,
v.
Respondents:
Ed DeWitt and Sarah Elaine DeWitt.
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
EN BANC
JUSTICE MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.
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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Consolidated

Two East 14th Avenue Cases:
Denver, Colorado 80203 Case No. 09SA165
Case No. 09SA166
Original Proceeding Pursuant to § 1-40-107(2), Case No. 09SA167
C.R.S. (2009)
Appeal from the Ballot Title Setting Board
09SA165
In the Matter of the Title, Ballot Title, and Submission Clause For 2009-
2010, #24
Petitioner:
Philip Hayes,
v.
Respondents:
Gail Lidley and Hitesh Patel, Proponents,
and
Title Board:
William A. Hobbs and Daniel Cartin.
* * * * *
09SA166
2010, #23
Petitioner:
Philip Hayes,
v.
Respondents:
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and
Title Board:
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09SA167
2010, #22
Petitioner:
Philip Hayes,
v.
Respondents:
and
Title Board:
ACTION AFFIRMED
EN BANC
JUSTICE MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.
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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 09SA100

Interlocutory Appeal from the District Court

Adams County Case No. 08CR3210
Honorable Vincent C. Phelps, Judge
Plaintiff-Appellant:
The People of the State of Colorado,
v.
Defendant-Appellee:
Kalum Darrel Brown.
ORDER REVERSED
EN BANC
JUSTICE HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the District Court

City and County of Denver, Case No. 07CV11505
Honorable Kenneth M. Plotz, Judge
Eddie’s Leaf Spring Shop and Towing LLC,
v.
Defendants-Appellees:
Colorado Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado,

Commissioner Ron Binz, Commissioner Paulette "Polly" Page, and
Commissioner Carl Miller.
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
EN BANC
JUSTICE BENDER delivered the Opinion of the Court.
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Interlocutory Appeal from the District Court

Weld County District Court, Case No. 08CR1908
Honorable James Hartmann, Judge
v.
Defendant-Appellee:
Edward Sandoval.
ORDER AFFIRMED
EN BANC
JUSTICE RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.
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Petitioner:
Charles M. Krutsinger,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
EN BANC
JUSTICE COATS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Consolidated

Two East 14th Avenue Cases
Case No. 07SC977

Case No. 07SC978
Petitioner:
Board of County Commissioners of the County of Adams, State of Colorado,
v.
Respondent:
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment,

and
Intervenor-Respondent:
Clean Harbors Deer Trail, L.L.C., a Colorado limited liability company.
JUDGMENT REVERSED
EN BANC
JUSTICE EID delivered the Opinion of the Court.

JUSTICE HOBBS concurs in part and dissents in part, and CHIEF JUSTICE
MULLARKEY joins in the concurrence and dissent.
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PETITIONS FOR REHEARING
NONE
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PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
No. 09SC119
Court of Appeals Case Nos. 04CA2383 & 05CA1328
Petitioner:
Scott Michael French,
v.
Respondent:
Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC.
Summary of Issues:
Whether the court of appeals erred when it held that the record
contained sufficient evidence enabling a jury to find French guilty of
computer crime pursuant to section 18-5.5-102, C.R.S. (1998).
Whether the court of appeals erred when it held that the record
contained sufficient evidence enabling a jury to find French guilty of
securities fraud pursuant to section 11-51-501(1)(b), C.R.S. (1998).
Whether the court of appeals erred in upholding the trial court’s

assessment of restitution absent evidence that French harmed the
specific victims.
DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES

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No. 09SC184
Arapahoe County District Court Case No. 08CV2724
Petitioner:
v.
Respondent:
Ivan Zhuk.
Summary of Issue:
Whether the district court erred in dismissing as untimely the

prosecution’s interlocutory appeal from a county court ruling pursuant
to Crim. P. 37.1.
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No. 09SC189
Petitioners:
Richard W. Bly; Patsy A. Bly; and Bank of the West, f/n/a Community
First National Bank, f/n/a The Bank, N.A.,
v.
Respondent:
Tamara L. Story.
Summary of Issues:
Where the Petition in Condemnation did not identify the scope of the
condemnor’s uses and purposes and lacked a legal description of the
easement being acquired, whether the court of appeals erred in ruling
the Petition was adequate.
Where the court of appeals acknowledged “no expert here could find
comparable sales of driveway easements,” and where it was undisputed
that the Income Method cannot be applied, whether the panel erred in
precluding the jury from hearing valuation evidence based on the only
remaining appraisal method, the Cost Method, and the cost of
constructing the driveway.

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No. 09SC224
Petitioner:
Jason Richard Oram,
v.
Respondent:
Summary of Issues:
Whether the court of appeals erred in approving the trial court’s

affirmative defense instruction concerning the survival, scope, and
applicability of a common law bonding agent’s privilege, and in its
rejection of the petitioner’s tendered affirmative defense
instructions.
Whether there was sufficient evidence of the petitioner’s required

knowledge to reach the jury on the charge of burglary.

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No. 09SC271
Petitioner:
Dennis Barnum,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado
Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 09SC305
Petitioner:
James Nino Spinuzzi,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC334
Petitioner:
Stephanie Clements,
v.
Respondent:
Jenifer L. Davies, D.P.M.

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No. 09SC357
Petitioner:
Joshua Vigil Torres,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC431
Petitioner:
Troy Dean Mondragon,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC451
Petitioner:
Rocky Mountain Festivals, Inc., d/b/a Colorado Renaissance Festivals,
Inc.,
v.
Respondents:
Parsons Corporation and James M. Miller.
Summary of Issues:
Whether claims based upon the “wrong-of-another” under Elijah v.

Fender, 674 P.2d 946 (Colo. 1984) can be pursued only in instances
where there is a complete absence of fault on the part of a plaintiff
with respect to each and every claim asserted in the prior case.
Whether petitioner was obligated, in responding to a motion for

summary judgment, to prove up its damages even though the absence of
damages was not one of the issues raised as the basis for the motion.

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No. 09SC469
Petitioner:
William Robert Inman,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC496
Petitioner:
People of the State of Colorado,
v.
Respondent:
Brent Allen McKellip.
JUSTICE COATS and JUSTICE EID would grant as to the following issue:
Whether this court should abandon the Macrander automatic reversal

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No. 09SC504
Arapahoe County District Court Case No. 07CV1689
Petitioner:
Anthony Locke,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the City of Aurora, State of Colorado.

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No. 09SC526
Morgan County District Court Case No. 08CV212
Petitioner:
Abraham Kirby,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC541
Petitioner:
Vicki Dillard-Crowe,
v.
Respondent:
Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to JPMorgan Chase
Bank N.A., as trustee.

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No. 09SC544
Petitioner:
David Kirk Lorenzen,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC577
Petitioner:
James Ross,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC595
Petitioner:
Daniel Terence Stuart,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC598
Petitioners:
Terri Crandall and Joann Hubbard, and Individually and on behalf of
all others Similarly Situated,
v.
Respondent:
City and County of Denver, d/b/a The Denver International Airport, a
Colorado political subdivision.
Summary of Issues:
Whether under C.R.S. § 13-17-201 attorneys’ fees and costs for time
spent on work ultimately useful in a companion or overlapping case
should be excluded from the award.
Whether the court of appeals erred in shifting to Petitioners the

burden of differentiating between recoverable and non-recoverable
attorneys’ fees and costs.

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No. 09SC604
Petitioner:
Reginald Keith Reed,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC605
Petitioner:
Toby Rueben Martinez,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC616
Petitioner:
Toney Brown,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC625
Petitioner:
Thomas Beylick,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC632
Petitioner:
Charles Lester Goree,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC637
Petitioners:
Richard Thomas Dever and Dever Family Minerals, LLC,
v.
Respondents:
EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.; Raymond Miller; Sally Miller; Barclay
Farms, L.L.C.; Joan Elaine Brehon; Janette Foote; Niles Miller; U.S.
Bank, N.A. as trustee for the T.E. McClintock Trust; and White River
Royalties, LLC, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly
situated.

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No. 09SC640
Petitioner:
Alexander Cardenas,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC648
Petitioner:
Ruben Vargas,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC649
Petitioner:
Jesse Ray Brydon,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC654
Petitioner:
Carlos Rueben Rodriguez,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC658
Petitioners:
Taylor Henderson, LLC, f/k/a T. Michael Installation, LLC and d/b/a
Henderson Enterprises; Jeffrey Henderson, d/b/a T. Michael
Installation and d/b/a Henderson Enterprises; and BiggsKofford, LLC,
v.
Respondents:
Noiz Corp., d/b/a Noiz Corporation, Inc.; Hadley Pullen; Pamela
Pullen; Paul Gordon, LLC; and Paul Gordon.

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No. 09SC663
Petitioner:
Freddy Anthony Aguilera-Zamora,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC667
Petitioner:
Alvin Doyl Sartain,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC671
Petitioner:
Damian Ashley Kruse,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC672
Petitioner:
Charles Baca,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC673
Petitioner:
Gregorio Zavala-Zavala,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC680
Petitioner:
Ezamika Brown,
v.
Respondent:
Summary of Issues:
Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding there was

insufficient evidence in the record to support giving the lesser-
included offense instruction requested by the defense.
Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding there was

insufficient evidence in the record to support giving the intoxication
instruction requested by the defense.

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No. 09SC681
Petitioner:
Andres Lee Hoepker,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC686
Petitioner:
Tino Abel Quintana,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC687
Petitioner:
Richard Lee Crawford,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC690
Larimer County District Court Case No. 09CV295
Petitioner:
Christopher Gates,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC693
Petitioner:
Loren Aldopho Chavez,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC700
Petitioner:
David Genette Kent,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC703
Petitioner:
Marco Antonio Diaz-Zotelo,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC704
Petitioner:
Gerry Dale Roadcap,
v.
Respondent:

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No. 09SC728
Petitioner:
T.B.,
v.
Respondent:
In the Interest of Minor Child:
R.G.

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No. 09SC729
Petitioner:
T.L.,
v.
Respondent:
In the Interest of Minor Children:
N.D.L., D.Y.L., and J.M.L.

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No. 09SC752
Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA0630 & 09CA1105
Petitioner:
R.J.C.,
v.
Respondent:
In the Interest of Minor Children:
T.H.C., K.S.C., and J.C.

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No. 09SC753
Petitioner:
D.G.,
v.
Respondent:
In the Interest of Minor Child:
M.G.

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COLORADO SUPREME COURT

"Slip opinions" are the opinions delivered by the Supreme Court

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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 08SC384

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals

B.B. & C. Partnership,

The Edelweiss Condominium Association.

JUSTICE HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 08SC308

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals

American Family Mutual Insurance Company,

Ed DeWitt and Sarah Elaine DeWitt.

JUSTICE MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.

SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Consolidated

Gail Lidley and Hitesh Patel, Proponents,

William A. Hobbs and Daniel Cartin.

Gail Lidley and Hitesh Patel, Proponents,

William A. Hobbs and Daniel Cartin.

Gail Lidley and Hitesh Patel, Proponents,

William A. Hobbs and Daniel Cartin.

JUSTICE MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.

SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 09SA100

Interlocutory Appeal from the District Court

The People of the State of Colorado,

Kalum Darrel Brown.

JUSTICE HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 08SA359

Appeal from the District Court

Eddie’s Leaf Spring Shop and Towing LLC,

Colorado Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado,

JUSTICE BENDER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 09SA117

Interlocutory Appeal from the District Court

The People of the State of Colorado,

JUSTICE RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 08SC378

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals

The People of the State of Colorado.

JUSTICE COATS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Consolidated

Case No. 07SC977

Board of County Commissioners of the County of Adams, State of Colorado,

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment,

Clean Harbors Deer Trail, L.L.C., a Colorado limited liability company.

JUSTICE EID delivered the Opinion of the Court.

PETITIONS FOR REHEARING

Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC.

Whether the court of appeals erred in upholding the trial court’s

DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES

Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC.

Whether the district court erred in dismissing as untimely the

Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC.

DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES

Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC.

Whether the court of appeals erred in approving the trial court’s

Whether there was sufficient evidence of the petitioner’s required

DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.