Legal Opinion
Goebel v. Benton
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 26, 1992No. 91SA370PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Erickson
Pursuant to C.A.R. 21, the petitioners filed this mandamus proceeding to compel the respondent, Judge Field Benton, to disqualify himself. We issued a rule to show cause and now make the rule absolute.
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In 1981, the petitioners, Ruth Goebel and other low income mentally ill residents of the City and County of Denver, commenced a class action against the City and County of Denver, the Denver City Council, the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Health and Hospitals, and the Director of the Department of Health and Hospitals Mental Health Program (municipal defendants) and the Colorado…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. BothamSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
- Johnson v. Jefferson County Board of HealthSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
- Goebel v. Colorado Department of InstitutionsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- In Re the Marriage of MannSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
- S.S. v. WakefieldSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Parsons Ex Rel. Parsons v. Allstate Insurance Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2006
- Goebel v. Colorado Department of InstitutionsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
- Steiger v. BurroughsColorado Court of Appeals · 1994
- People v. SchupperColorado Court of Appeals · 2005
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