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· 5/2/1996

Pueblo School District No. 70 v. Toth

Citations

  • 924 P.2d 1094
  • 1996 WL 29039

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that imposition of penalties did not violate excessive fines clause even though “the financial harm suffered by this one claimant may have been relatively small”
  • awarding penalties of $10 per day for a 645-day delay in paying medical benefits because there were “645 separate offenses”
  • construing the \excessive fines\ clause of the Colorado Constitution consistent with authority construing the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment
  • mandating imposition of the penalty at a “daily rate” where violation was continuing
  • mandating imposition of the penalty at a “daily rate” where violation was continuing
  • \The excessive fines clause of the Eighth Amendment has not been held specifically applicable to the states by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause.\

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Judges: Rothenberg, Metzger, Criswell

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