The Colorado Supreme Court’s highly anticipated rulings in four class actions were announced earlier today. Here are links to the opinions. I’ll have more commentary on the four decisions soon: No. 09SC668 – Jackson v. Unocal Corp. – Judgment Reversed (class certification upheld) - Addresses the burden of proof on class certification. No. 09SC1080 – Garcia v. [...]
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Colorado Supreme Court Issues Four Decisions Addressing Class Action Issues
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, Class Action Trends, Colorado Civil Procedure, Colorado Class Action News, tagged asbestos, bp america, burden of proof, causation, class cert, class certification, class-wide proof, colorado supreme court, common evidence, common proof, crcp 23, garcia, jackson, medved, patterson, preponderance, reliance, reyher, rigorous analysis, rule 23, state farm, unocal on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Colorado Supreme Court to Hear Oral Argument in Four Class Action Cases
Posted in Class Action News, Colorado Civil Procedure, Colorado Class Action News, tagged c.r.c.p. 23, class certification, class certification standard, colorado class action, colorado rules of civil procedure, colorado supreme court, common proof, crcp 23, daubert, fraud on the market, presume reliance, presumed reliance, presumption of reliance, rigorous analysis, schrek on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Matt Masich of Law Week Colorado has a good article out today previewing oral arguments scheduled for tomorrow in four class-action related cases. The outcome of these cases could have a dramatic effect on class action practice in the state. The issues to be considered include the proper standard for reviewing class certification, the burden of proof on class certificeation, the [...]


Jackson v. Unocal – Class Actions Find a Welcome Home in Colorado
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action Trends, Colorado Civil Procedure, Colorado Class Action News, Commentary, tagged bp america, class action, class certification, colorado, colorado supreme court, conditional certification, crcp 23, decertification, dukes, frcp 23, garcia, jackson, medved, patterson, reyher, rigorous analysis, rule 23, state farm, unocal, wal-mart on November 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decisions in Smith v. Bayer and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, I have wondered aloud whether we would start to see a significant divergence between the standards applicable to class certification in the state and federal courts. (See the Parting Thoughts Section of this August 31 SCOTUSBlog Post). My home state [...]
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