Talbott's Mountain Gold LLLP et al v. Barela et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:22-cv-01537

Court:

Colorado

Nature of Suit:

Constitutionality of State Statutes

Judge:

Nina Y. Wang

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  1. February 28, 2023

    Colo. Farms Drop Challenge To State's Labor Rights Law

    A Colorado federal judge granted a request from a group of farms and ranches to dismiss their suit over an access provision in the state's agricultural workers' rights law, ending the agribusinesses' constitutional property rights challenge to the statute.

  2. January 18, 2023

    Colo. Farms Say State's Labor Rights Law Is Unconstitutional

    A group of Colorado farms and ranches challenged a bid to dismiss their suit in federal court over an access provision in the state's agricultural workers' rights law, arguing the statute flouts U.S. Supreme Court precedent and unconstitutionally restricts employers' property rights.

  3. October 24, 2022

    Colo. Says Farm Labor Rights Law Still Gives Farms Power

    A recent Colorado law that requires farms and ranches to allow their agricultural workers access to service providers like doctors and lawyers does not violate the Fifth Amendment, the state has argued, because the employers have the discretion to set policies around that access. 

  4. August 09, 2022

    Farms, Ranches Move To Block Colo. Labor Rights Expansion

    A group of farms and ranches urged a Colorado federal judge to block parts of an agriculture workers' rights law that give a service provider the freedom to enter work sites to talk to employees, saying those provisions are unconstitutional.