Legal Opinion
Cook v. District Court Ex Rel. County of Weld
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 11, 1983No. 83SA166PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOHR, Justice.
The petitioner, Merrell N. Cook, brings this original proceeding under C.A.R. 21 to compel the Weld County District Court to grant his petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The district court denied the petition because the relief requested in the tendered complaint is within the jurisdiction of the county court. We issued a rule to show cause why the petitioner should not be permitted to proceed in forma pauperis in the district court. We conclude that the court employed erroneous criteria in acting on the petition; therefore, we make the rule absolute in part and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Adkins v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Almarez v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Colorado · 1970
- Williams v. Speedster, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1971
- Peck v. FarnhamSupreme Court of Colorado · 1897
- Medina v. DISTRICT COURT FOR COUNTY OF OTEROSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
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3Cited by17 opinions
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