NELSON v. COLORADO

No. 15-1256.

137 S.Ct. 1249 (2017)

581 U.S. 128

Shannon NELSON, petitioner v. COLORADO. Louis A. Madden, petitioner v. Colorado.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred A. Rowley, Jr. , Daniel B. Levin , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Douglas K. Wilson , Ned R. Jaeckle , Office of the State Public Defender, Denver, CO, Stuart Banner , UCLA School of Law, Supreme Court Clinic, Los Angeles, CA. Suzan Trinh Almony , Broomfield, CO, for petitioners.

Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Glenn E. Roper , Deputy Solicitor General, Frederick R. Yarger , Solicitor General, Office of the Colorado Attorney General, Denver, CO, L. Andrew Cooper , Deputy Attorney General, Christine C. Brady , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jillian J. Price , Brock J. Swanson , Assistant Attorneys General, Abbie Cziok , Attorney, Attorney General's Fellowship Program, for respondent.


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