People v. Riley

Decided November 18, 1985. Joseph R. Quinn wrote the opinion for the court.

708 P.2d 1359 · Cited 273 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• People v. Blair · 579 P.2d 1133
• Connally v. General Construction Co. · 269 U.S. 385
• Morrison v. Goodspeed · 68 P.2d 458
• People v. Blue · 544 P.2d 385
• Lowery v. Ford Hill Investment Co. · 556 P.2d 1201
• People v. Alexander · 663 P.2d 1024
• People v. Summit · 517 P.2d 850
• People v. Archuleta · 503 P.2d 346
• People v. Cardwell · 510 P.2d 317
• Ohio v. Peterson, Lowry, Rall, Barber & Ross · 472 F. Supp. 402
• Magwire v. People · 235 P. 339
• People v. Travis · 558 P.2d 579
• Cohen v. People · 103 P.2d 479
• Beathune v. Colorado Dealer Licensing Board · 601 P.2d 1386
• People v. Maestas · 606 P.2d 849
• People v. Mascarenas · 666 P.2d 101
• People Ex Rel. City of Arvada v. Nissen · 650 P.2d 547
• Colorado Auto & Truck Wreckers Ass'n v. Department of Revenue · 618 P.2d 646
• Kopeikin v. Merchants Mortgage & Trust Corp. · 679 P.2d 599
• Chambers v. People · 682 P.2d 1173
• Ackmann v. Merchants Mortgage & Trust Corp. · 645 P.2d 7
• Bollier v. People · 635 P.2d 543
• People v. Jennings · 641 P.2d 276
• Evans v. People · 706 P.2d 795
• United States v. Pray · 452 F. Supp. 788

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• Federal Deposit Insurance v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N.A. · 937 F. Supp. 1461
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