Legal Opinion
Hickerson v. Vessels
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 13, 2014No. Supreme Court Case No. 12SC198PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hobbs
{1 We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' judgment in Vessels v. Hickerson, No. 11CA0317, — P.3d —, 2012 WL 503664 (Colo.App. Feb. 16, 2012), which held that the doctrine of laches is not available as a defense to an action for collection of a debt that is timely filed within a statute of limitations period.1 Here, the trial court allowed the laches defense, but the court of appeals ruled that Colorado's separation of powers doctrine prohibits a court from applying laches to shorten the filing period. We determine that the language of the statute of limitations and our case law…
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3Cited by23 opinions
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