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The Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals provide an educational outreach program for high schools which introduces students to the state’s appellate process. In the program, Courts in the Community, each court travels at least once a year to a different high school to hear oral arguments in two actual cases at each location. In spring 2014, the Colorado Supreme Court will visit La Junta Hgh School. A division of the Colorado Court of Appeals will hear arguments at Rock Canyon High School in Highlands Ranch, and another division will hear arguments at Aurora Central High School.
Courts in the Community began on Law Day in 1986. The program gives students hands-on experience in how the Colorado judicial system works and illustrates how disputes are resolved in a democratic society. These are not mock proceedings. They are oral arguments in actual cases from which official opinions are issued. Cases are chosen by specifically considering the interests of students.
Colorado Supreme Court
Thursday, May 1, 2014, La Junta High School
12SC442: John Hickenlooper and the State of Colorado v. Freedom from Religion Foundation Inc. et al.
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief
Amicus brief - ACLU
Amicus brief - American Humanist Association
Amicus brief - Alliance Defending Freedom
11SC351: The People of the State of Colorado v. Carey Andre Griffin
Court of Appeals opinion
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply Brief
Colorado Court of Appeals
Friday, April 11, 2014, Rock Canyon High school
13CA0907: William L. Coyle v. Colorado State Board of Assessment Appeals et al.
Administrative order
Notice of Appeal
Opening brief
Answer brief of Board of Equalization
Answer brief of Board of Assessment Appeals
Reply brief to Board of Equalization answer
Reply brief to Board of Assessment Appeals answer
11CA1553: The People of the State of Colorado v. Victor Arnold Gabler
Notice of Appeal
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief
Monday, April 21, 2014, Aurora Central High School
12CA2551: Margarita Madrigal v. Juan Guzman and the City of Aurora
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief
11CA1279: The People of the State of Colorado v. Derick Campbell
Opening brief
Answer brief
Reply brief
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