CO Bar Legal Research 4

Question 1

Under standard Bluebook format, which is a correct citation to a Colorado statute?

Accepted Answer

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-21-102 (2025)

Answer

C.C.R. § 13-21-102 (2025)

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Colo. Code § 13-21-102

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13 Colo. Stat. Ann. 21-102

Question 2

A federal district court in Colorado sitting in diversity must apply which law to substantive state-law issues?

Accepted Answer

Colorado substantive law as declared by the Colorado Supreme Court

Answer

Federal common law

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The law of the plaintiff's home state automatically

Answer

Tenth Circuit interpretations that conflict with Colorado Supreme Court rulings

Question 3

Which secondary source would most efficiently give a researcher an overview of an unfamiliar area of Colorado practice?

Accepted Answer

A Colorado-specific practice treatise or CLE handbook

Answer

A citator report

Answer

The session laws

Answer

A single trial court order

Question 4

In a KeyCite result, a red flag on a Colorado case most likely means:

Accepted Answer

The case has been reversed, overruled, or otherwise invalidated on at least one point

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The case is unpublished

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The case is from another jurisdiction

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The case has never been cited

Question 5

Which court's published decisions bind all Colorado state trial courts?

Accepted Answer

The Colorado Supreme Court

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The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

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The Denver District Court

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The Tenth Circuit on issues of Colorado law

Question 6

A researcher has only a statute's popular name, such as the 'Colorado Consumer Protection Act.' The fastest way to find it is:

Accepted Answer

Use a popular name table or search the annotated statutes by name

Answer

Read the Colorado Register cover to cover

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Browse the Pacific Reporter chronologically

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Check the court of appeals docket

Question 7

Annotations following a section in an annotated version of the Colorado Revised Statutes primarily provide:

Accepted Answer

Summaries of cases interpreting that section

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The governor's veto messages

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Proposed constitutional amendments

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Local ordinance cross-references