Felix L. Sparks
Felix L. Sparks was a Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1956. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Tenure
- 1956–1956
Judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Colorado Supreme Court | – | – |
Judicial Record
In our data, Sparks authored 5 published opinions for the court (1956), plus 1 dissent and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Smalley v. People (21 citations).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 4 of these were attributed to Sparks by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.
Selected opinions
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Smalley v. People· Dissent† | 304 P.2d 902 | 21 |
| 1956 | Hill v. District Court of the Eighth Judicial District | 304 P.2d 888 | 11 |
| 1956 | Heady v. Tomlinson | 299 P.2d 120 | 10 |
| 1956 | United Mine Workers of America v. Golden Cycle Corp.· Concurrence† | 300 P.2d 799 | 7 |
| 1956 | Fehr v. Hadden | 300 P.2d 533 | 2 |
| 1956 | Board of County Commissioners v. Cottingham† | 134 Colo. 156 | 1 |
| 1956 | Blevins v. Truitt† | 134 Colo. 88 | 0 |
Showing the 7 most-cited of 7 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
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Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- CourtListener / Free Law Project
- Wikidata
- Portrait: U.S. Army Office of Public Affairs (Arlington, VA). Unknown U.S. Army photographer. (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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Joined the court in 1956. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).