Legal Opinion
Firelock Inc. v. District Court in & for the 20th Judicial District of the State of Colorado
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided July 24, 1989No. 88SA262PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVIRA, Justice.
This case requires us to determine whether the Colorado Mandatory Arbitration Act (Act), §§ 13-22-401 to 13-22-409, 6A C.R.S. (1987), violates the Colorado Constitution and the due process and equal protection clauses of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution.
The Boulder County District Court held that the Act was constitutional and denied the petitioner’s request to refrain from assigning the case for arbitration. We issued a rule to show cause pursuant to C.A.R. 21, and we now discharge the rule.
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