No. 19-719
Dami Hospitality, LLC v. Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation
Tags: ability-to-pay civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-fines criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause proportionality sentencing
Key Terms:
Punishment
Punishment
Latest Conference:
2020-01-10
Related Cases:
19-641
(Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether an offender's ability to pay is relevant in determining whether a fine is unconstitutional under the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED How is an offender’s ability to pay relevant in determining whether a fine is unconstitutional under Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment?
Docket Entries
2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-23
Brief of respondents Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation in opposition filed.
2019-12-18
Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition under Rule 15.5 filed.
2019-12-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 6, 2020)
Attorneys
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation
Eric Reuel Olson — Solicitor General, Respondent
Dami Hospitality, LLC
Gregory George Garre — Latham & Watkins LLP, Petitioner