Legal Opinion
Winslow v. Bauer
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided April 23, 1984No. Civ. A. 83-K-1267, 83-K-2441 and 84-K-367PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANE, District Judge.
These cases give new meaning to the ditty “For want of a nail the Kingdom was lost ...” Plaintiffs herein were unsuccessful defendants in a state court proceeding. At that level they were represented by counsel. Along the appellate way, however, they abandoned legal representation and elected not to procure a transcript of the trial court proceedings for review by the Colorado Court of Appeals. When it became apparent to plaintiffs that they would be unsuccessful in the state court system, they filed a flurry of suits in federal district court. Some of those suits are…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Carol Elaine Williams, by Her Mother and Next Friend, Marcia Williams v. St. Joseph HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Winslow v. RomerDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1991
- May v. Parker-Abbott Transfer and Storage, Inc.District Court, D. Colorado · 1987
- Shewmake v. Badger Oil Corp.District Court, D. Colorado · 1987
- Lowell Staats Mining Co. v. Philadelphia Electric Co.District Court, D. Colorado · 1987