Legal Opinion

Wolf v. Rose Hill Cemetery Ass'n

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided August 10, 1995No. 94CA0586PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge DAVIDSON.

Defendants, Rose Hill Cemetery Association and United Hebrew Cemetery Association, appeal from the trial court’s order granting plaintiff, Estelle R. Wolf, the right to disinter her father and sister from Rose Hill Cemetery (Rose Hill), an Orthodox Jewish cemetery operated by defendants. We affirm.

Plaintiffs father and sister have been buried in defendants’ cemetery for 40 and 51 years, respectively. Before her death, plaintiffs mother expressed her displeasure with Rose Hill. After plaintiffs mother died, she was buried in a family plot plaintiff had purchased at…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Culpepper v. Pearl Street Building, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1994
  3. Matter of Currier (Woodlawn Cemetery)New York Court of Appeals · 1949
  4. Bishop and Diocese of Colorado v. MoteSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  5. Rywalt v. Writer CorporationColorado Court of Appeals · 1974

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  3. Smith Ex Rel. Boston v. Arthur Andersen LLPDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2001
  4. Jones v. CRESTVIEW SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCHColorado Court of Appeals · 2008
  5. Ackerman v. FosterColorado Court of Appeals · 1998

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