Five wild-born elephants that have long inhabited a two-acre plot in a Southern Colorado zoo will not be able to pursue their own release, the state’s highest court ruled this week.

The state Supreme Court will decide whether a Douglas County judge has the authority to compel the Colorado Bureau of ...

The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday denied releasing five elderly elephants from a local zoo, saying that the animals may be ‘majestic’ but they are not humans. It ruled that the elephants were not ...

Colorado is set to get $81 million if a settlement between a coalition of states, the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma is approved. Colorado’s portion would be part of a $7.4 billion settlement in ...

C alifornia bees may be fish, but Colorado elephants are not people. At least, that’s the ruling of the state’s Supreme Court, who this week decreed that five elephants currently held at the Cheyenne ...

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription ...

The state supreme court on Tuesday said the habeas corpus law does only just that: grants people that ability, which the elephants are not.

A bid to free five elephants from a Colorado zoo has been rejected after a court ruled elephants are not people. An animal rights group argued Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo were effectively ...

After his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would end birthright citizenship. Colorado is ...

A lawsuit arguing elephants should be freed from a zoo has failed in court, with the judge ruling that "majestic" mammals do ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. So at the last conference, the ...

Attorney General Phil Weiser and a bipartisan coalition of states have reached a $7.4 settlement with the Slacker Family and their company Purdue Pharma.