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· 1/22/2001

Davidson v. McClellan

Citations

  • 16 P.3d 233
  • 2001 Colo. J. C.A.R. 500
  • 2001 Colo. LEXIS 54
  • 2001 CJ C.A.R. 500

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “a mere change in decisional law will not constitute the extraordinary circumstances necessary to vacate a final judgment”
  • Colorado Supreme Court concludes that even a change in decisional law by the United States Supreme Court was not sufficient to reopen a final judgment
  • Colorado Supreme Court concludes that even a change in decisional law by the United States Supreme Court was not sufficient to reopen a final judgment
  • “Changes in decisional law, even by the Supreme Court and even involving constitutionality, do not necessarily amount to the extraordinary circumstances required for relief pursuant to C.R.C.P. 60(b)(5).”
  • residuary provision “include[s] only extreme situations and extraordinary circumstances”

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Judges: Coats

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