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The Colorado Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Colorado. Located in Denver,the court was established in 1876. It consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices who are appointed by the Governor of Colorado from a list of candidates approved by a state judicial commission. Each justice faces a retention election two years after his or her appointment and every ten years thereafter,with mandatory retirement at age 72.
The Judiciary of Colorado is established and authorized by Article VI of the Colorado Constitution as well as the law of Colorado. The various courts include the Colorado Supreme Court,Colorado Court of Appeals,Colorado district courts,Colorado county courts,Colorado water courts,and municipal courts. The administration of the state judicial system is the responsibility of the Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court as its executive head and is assisted by several other commissions. In Denver,the county and municipal courts are integrated and administratively separate from the state court system.
Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in Colorado since October 7,2014. Colorado's state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage was struck down in state district court on July 9,2014,and by the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado on July 23,2014. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals had already made similar rulings with respect to such bans in Utah on June 25 and Oklahoma on July 18,which are binding precedents on courts in Colorado. On October 6,2014,the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the Tenth Circuit cases,and the Tenth Circuit lifted its stay. On October 7,the Colorado Supreme Court and the Tenth Circuit cleared the way for same-sex marriages to begin in Colorado.
William Joseph Martínez is a Mexican-American attorney serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
James Kelleher Bredar is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. He previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Mary Jane Mullarkey was a chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court and the first female Supreme Court chief justice in the state of Colorado. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2012.
Monica Marie Márquez is the chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. Previously a deputy Colorado attorney general,she was appointed by Governor Bill Ritter to the Supreme Court in 2010 to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey. She was sworn in on December 10,2010.
Michael Lee Bender is an American attorney and jurist,who served as the 44th Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.
Nancy E. Rice is the former Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.
Nathan B. Coats is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 46th chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 2018 to 2020. Coats had been appointed to the court in 2000,by Governor Bill Owens and served until his retirement in 2020. His views while serving on the court were considered conservative.
Brian Boatright is an American lawyer and judge,who served as the chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from January 1,2021 to July 26,2024. He previously served as a judge on the Colorado District Court from 1999 to 2011.
Brinkman v. Long,and its companion case,McDaniel-Miccio v. Hickenlooper,are the lead state court cases on same-sex marriage in Colorado. Here,a Colorado district court found on July 9,2014,that the state's same-sex marriage ban violates same-sex couples' guarantees of equal protection and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Brinkman and McDaniel-Miccio have been appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court,where they were dismissed following the dismissal of similar petitions by the U.S. Supreme Court on October 6,2014.
Carlos Armando Samour Jr. is an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court and former chief judge of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court in Colorado. He is known for serving as the judge for the trial of James Eagan Holmes,the convicted perpetrator of the 2012 Aurora,Colorado shooting.
William W. Hood III is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Colorado,having served in this position since 2014.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Colorado on November 6,2018. All of Colorado's executive offices and all seven of its seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Democrats swept the statewide offices up for election,leaving the at-large seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents and the Class 2 U.S. Senate seat as the last statewide offices held by Republicans.
Carlos Genaro Muñiz is the chief justice on the Florida Supreme Court. He was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis on January 22,2019. Previously,he was general Counsel of the United States Department of Education.
Richard L. Gabriel was an American lawyer and judge,who was (was?) an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. He previously served on the Colorado Court of Appeals from 2008 to 2015.
Gregory Kellam Scott was an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 1993 to 2000.
References
- ↑ Archived Colorado Supreme Court Bio
- ↑ "Attorney Information".
- 1 2 Colorado Judicial Branch, "Colorado Supreme Court Justice Alex Martinez to be honored by Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at annual gala" (October 17, 2003).
- ↑ Cardona, Felisa (February 14, 2010). "Four Supreme Court justices face a tough vote in elections". The Denver Post .
- ↑ Willis, Zachary (August 26, 2011). "Colorado Supreme Court Justice Alex J. Martinez to Resign after Accepting New Position". Colorado Bar Association.
- ↑ McGhee, Tom (March 10, 2012). "Denver Manager of Safety Alex Martinez trades black robes for thick skin". The Denver Post.
- 1 2 Garcia, Hannah (March 16, 2016). "DPS Names New General Counsel With Retirement of Alex Martinez". Law Week Colorado . Denver, Colorado . Retrieved December 16, 2019.
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