The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld a rate increase for basic phone service sought by Qwest, raising the rate from about $15 to $17 a month. The Colorado office representing consumers had challenged the increase sought by Qwest, saying there was no proof the increase was justified. CenturyLink acquired Qwest Communications International Inc. in 2011. [...] [...]
Colorado Solicitor General Dan Domenico will argue his first case before the United States Supreme Court Monday. The case, Wood v. Wilvard, concerns whether or not a federal appellate court can raise the timeliness of a convicted felon’s habeas corpus petition, even if the issue was not decided at the district court level. The state [...] [...]
The 26 states that have sued to overturn President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul have filed a Supreme Court appeal pressing for a speedy ruling to the “grave constitutional questions” surrounding the law. The appeal is similar to one from the National Federation of Independent Business that asks the justices to strike down the entire [...] [...]
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that makers of generic drugs cannot be sued for failing to warn consumers of the possible side effects of their products if they copy the exact warnings on the medicines’ brand-name equivalents. The majority opinion acknowledged that the decision dealt an “unfortunate hand” that “makes little sense” to those [...] [...]
Opponents of a campus gun ban at the University of Colorado told the state Supreme Court on Wednesday the gun ban is illegal because it was not banned by the legislature. The Colorado Court of Appeals in April ruled in favor of a gun-rights group that sued the University of Colorado, arguing that a 1994 [...] [...]
Christine Kwapnoski hasn’t done too badly in nearly 25 years in the Wal-Mart family, making more than $60,000 a year in a job she enjoys most days. But Kwapnoski says she faced obstacles at Wal-Mart-owned Sam’s Club stores in both Missouri and California: Men making more than women and getting promoted faster. She never heard [...] [...]
The Supreme Court ruled today that employees don’t have to write down complaints about illegal workplace conditions to receive retaliation protection from their employers. Kevin Kasten had complained to Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics that time clocks were in the wrong place. The company fired him and moved the clocks. Kasten sued and claimed retaliation protection under [...] [...]
Opponents of health care reform are getting little solace from the Supreme Court. A ruling last week showed the court’s reluctance to rein in Congress’s power to pass regulations under the constitution’s commerce clause. That’s the key point in the pending court battles over reform – that Congress can’t constitutionally require people to have health [...] [...]
The Justice Department is battling to save a federal law that makes it illegal to lie about being a war hero, appealing two court rulings that the statute is an unconstitutional muzzle on free speech. The fight could be carried all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where it would face an uncertain fate, [...] [...]
The Supreme Court opened its new term with Justice Elena Kagan on the bench. The high court turned down hundreds of appeals, including one by the founders of former telecommunications giant Adelphia Communications. It also refused to hear an appeal from John and Timothy Rigas, who wanted their fraud convictions overturned. The Rigases were sent [...] [...]
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