OASIS LEGAL FINANCE GROUP, LLC v. COFFMAN

Supreme Court Case No. 13SC497.

361 P.3d 400 (2015)

2015 CO 63

OASIS LEGAL FINANCE GROUP, LLC; Oasis Legal Finance, LLC; Oasis Legal Finance Operating Company, LLC; and Plaintiff Funding Holding, Inc., d/b/a LawCash, Petitioners, v. Cynthia H. COFFMAN, in her capacity as Attorney General of the State of Colorado; and Julie Ann Meade, in her capacity as the Administrator, Uniform Consumer Credit Code, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

November 16, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioners: Brownstein Hyatt, Farber Schreck, LLP, Jason R. Dunn , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondents: Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Frederick R. Yarger , Assistant Solicitor General, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce: McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, David R. Fine , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Colorado Civil Justice League, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, and Property Casualty Insurers Association of America: Ruebel & Quillen, LLC, Jeffrey Clay Ruebel , Casey Ann Quillen , Westminster, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Trial Lawyers Association: Ogborn Mihm, LLC., Anna N. Martinez , Thomas D. Neville , Denver, Colorado

Attorneys for Amici Curiae National Association of Consumer Advocates, Center for Responsible Lending, Consumer Federation of America, and National Consumer Law Center: The Sturdevant Law Firm, APC, James C. Sturdevant , San Francisco, California, Wynkoop Law Office, PLLC, Rick Wynkoop , Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

Amici Curiae, appearing pro se: Michael B. Abramowicz, Stephen Gillers, Myriam Gilles, Keith N. Hylton, Anthony J. Sebok, Victoria A. Shannon, Charles M. Silver, Spencer Weber Waller, and W. Bradley Wendel.

En Banc


¶ 1 Petitioners are national litigation finance companies. They buy interests in the potential proceeds of personal injury cases by executing agreements with tort plaintiffs to whom the companies provide money while the cases are pending (typically, less than $1,500). By the terms of the agreements...

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