STATE EX REL. SUTHERS v. CASH AD. AND PREF. CASH LOANS

No. 07CA0582.

205 P.3d 389 (2008)

STATE of Colorado, ex rel. John W. SUTHERS, Attorney General, and Laura E. Udis, Administrator, Uniform Consumer Credit Code, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CASH ADVANCE AND PREFERRED CASH LOANS, Defendants-Appellants.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing July 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Suthers, Attorney General, Paul Chessin, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Jones & Keller, P.C., Thomas Burke, Jr., Edward T. Lyons, Jr., Denver, Colorado; Fredericks & Peebles, L.L.P., Conly J. Schulte, Shilee T. Mullin, Omaha, Nebraska, for Defendants-Appellants.

Wynkoop & Thomas, P.C., Richard B. Wynkoop, Denver, Colorado; AARP Foundation Litigation, Deborah Zuckerman, Michael Schuster, Washington, DC; Norman A. Googel, West Virginia Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, for amici curiae AARP; Center for Responsible Lending; Consumer Federation of America; National Association of Consumer Advocates; National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators; National Consumer Law Center; Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, State of Alaska; Dustin McDaniel, Attorney General, State of Arkansas; Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, State of Iowa; Paul J. Morrison, Attorney General, State of Kansas; Jeremiah W. Nixon, Attorney General, State of Missouri; Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General, State of Nevada; W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General, State of Oklahoma; Donald K. Hardin, Administrator, Oklahoma Department of Consumer Credit; Deb Bortner, Division Director, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions Consumer Services Division; and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, State of West Virginia.

Gill, Lindquist & Associates, LLC, Anne Whalen Gill, Castle Rock, Colorado, for amicus curiae Gill, Lindquist, & Associates, LLC.


Opinion by Judge BERNARD.

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