How do judges of the Colorado Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Colorado Court of Appeals / Joined 1970 / Served to 1971

Philip G. Dufford

Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals

Philip G. Dufford was a Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1970. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1970–1971 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1970	Colorado Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Dufford authored 56 published opinions for the court (1970–1972). Most cited: Van Orman v. Van Orman (22 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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1971	Van Orman v. Van Orman	492 P.2d 81	22
1971	Seren v. Douglas	489 P.2d 601	21
1970	Kobayashi v. Meehleis Steel Co.	472 P.2d 724	21
1970	Linker v. Linker	470 P.2d 921	17
1970	Sedalia Land Co. v. ROBINSON BRICK AND TILE CO	475 P.2d 351	16
1970	Aetna Casualty and Surety Company v. Kornbluth	471 P.2d 609	16
1971	State, Colo. Civil Rights Com'n v. Adolph Coors Corp.	486 P.2d 43	15
1970	Crouch v. West	477 P.2d 805	15
1971	Klockner v. Keser	488 P.2d 1135	12
1970	NORTHWEST WATER CORPORATION v. Pennetta	479 P.2d 398	12
1970	Bainbrich v. Wells	476 P.2d 53	11
1970	Linker v. Linker	470 P.2d 882	11
1970	Allied Van Lines, Inc. v. Smith	470 P.2d 926	11
1971	Helmericks v. Hotter	492 P.2d 85	10
1971	Niles v. Churchill	482 P.2d 994	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 56 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.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Colorado Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Philip G. Dufford on?: Philip G. Dufford was a Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals.

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1 year on the Colorado Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).