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“if both the existence and identity of the agent's principal are fully disclosed to the other party, the agent does not become a party to any contract which he negotiates.”
101 citation events (97 in the last 25 years) across 9 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Smart v. Stropas (coloctapp, 2025-01-23)
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Top citers, strongest first. 40 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Smart v. Stropas
Colo. Ct. App. · 2025 · signal: see · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
if both the existence and identity of the agent's principal are fully disclosed to the other party, the agent does not become a party to any contract which he negotiates.
discussed Cited as authority (quoted) Rocky Mountain Exploration, Inc. v. Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
Colo. · 2018 · signal: cf. · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
whether a principal is partially or completely disclosed is a question of fact.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Commonwealth v. Northcreek
Colo. Ct. App. · 2026 · confidence medium
See Fink v. Montgomery Elevator Co. of Colo., 421 P.2d 735, 737 (Colo. 1966) (“[A] party is not liable upon a contract signed by him on behalf of another . . . when he has given notice to the third party that there is [a] principal for whom he acts and also notice of the name or identity of the principal.”); Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1001 (Colo. 1998) (“If both the existence and identity of the agent’s principal are fully disclosed to the other party, the agent does not become a party to any contract which he negotiates.” (quoting Harold Gill Reuschlein & Wil…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Boxer F2, LP v. Bronchick
D. Colo. · 2024 · confidence medium
The final prong of the veil piercing inquiry considers “whether an equitable result will be achieved by disregarding the corporate form and holding the shareholder personally liable for the acts of the business entity.” Phillips, 139 P.3d at 644 (citing Water, Waste & Land, Inc., v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1004 (Colo. 1998)); see also Great Neck, 37 P.3d at 490 (“Piercing the corporate veil is an equitable remedy, requiring balancing of the equities in each particular case.”).
cited Cited as authority (rule) In re: Stone Pine Investment Banking
10th Cir. · 2023 · confidence medium
Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1004 (Colo. 1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Floyd Nelson v. Encompass PAHS Rehabilitation Hospital, LLC d/b/a Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Littleton Rule Made Absolute en banc JUSTICE BERKENKOTTER delivered the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BOATRIGHT JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ JUSTICE HOOD JUSTICE GABRIEL
Colo. · 2023 · confidence medium
The third of its kind in the country, the Act “includes some of the same basic features found in the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 (‘Model Act’) drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.” LaFond, ¶ 15, 343 P.3d at 944 ; Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1000 (Colo. 1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Floyd Nelson v. Encompass PAHS Rehabilitation Hospital, LLC d/b/a Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Littleton Rule Made Absolute en banc JUSTICE BERKENKOTTER delivered the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BOATRIGHT JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ JUSTICE HOOD JUSTICE GABRIEL
Colo. · 2023 · confidence medium
The third of its kind in the country, the Act “includes some of the same basic features found in the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act of 1996 (‘Model Act’) drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.” LaFond, ¶ 15, 343 P.3d at 944 ; Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1000 (Colo. 1998).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Stone Creek Business Center, LLLP v. Stone Creek-Colorado, LLC
D. Colo. · 2021 · confidence medium
Id.; Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1004 (Colo. 1998); Great Neck Plaza, L.P. v. Le Peep Restaurants, LLC, 37 P.3d 485, 490 (Colo. App. 2001).
examined Cited as authority (rule) People v. Clark (5×) also: Cited "see"
Colo. Ct. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
Bogdanov v. People, 941 P.2d 247 , 254 n.10, amended, 955 P.2d 997 (Colo.1997), abrogated on other grounds by Griego v. People, 19 P.3d 1, 7 (Colo.2001). . 1150 "The language contained in the brackets [noted above] should be included in the complicity jury instruction only in those cases where [two] or more persons, possibly including the defendant, together committed the essential elements of the underlying erime." Bogdanow, 955 P.2d at 997.
cited Cited as authority (rule) LaFond v. Sweeney
Colo. · 2015 · confidence medium
Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1000 (Colo.1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Wonjoong Kim v. Hyungkeun Sun (In re Hyungkeun Sun)
Bankr.D. Colo. · 2014 · confidence medium
Veil-piercing remains the exception, not the rule, and the corporate veil will be pierced only in "extraordinary circumstances.” Phillips, 139 P.3d at 644 (citing Leonard v. McMorris, 63 P.3d 323, 330 (Colo.2003) and Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1004 (Colo.1998)). .
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Phillips v. Reed Group, Ltd.
S.D.N.Y. · 2013 · confidence medium
To pierce the corporate veil under Colorado law, the claimant must show that (1) “the corporate entity is the alter ego of the shareholder,” (2) “justice requires” the veil to be pierced because “the corporate fiction was used to perpetrate a fraud or defeat a rightful claim ... [and] to shield a dominant shareholder’s improprieties,” and (3) “an equitable result will be achieved by ... holding the shareholder personally liable for the acts of the business entity.” Connolly v. Englewood Post No. 322 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc., 139 P.3d 639, 644 (Colo.…
cited Cited as authority (rule) McCallum Family L.L.C. v. Winger
Colo. Ct. App. · 2009 · confidence medium
Phillips, 139 P.3d at 644 ; Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1004 (Colo.1998); Great Neck, 37 P.3d 485 at 490 .
examined Cited as authority (rule) Sheffield Services Co. v. Trowbridge (3×) also: Cited "see"
Colo. Ct. App. · 2009 · confidence medium
Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1000 (Colo.1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Connolly v. Englewood Post No. 322 Veterans of Foreign Wars of United States, Inc. (2×) also: Cited "see"
Colo. · 2006 · confidence medium
Leonard, 63 P.3d at 330 ; Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1004 (Colo.1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) In Re Phillips (2×) also: Cited "see"
Colo. · 2006 · confidence medium
Leonard, 63 P.3d at 330 ; Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1004 (Colo.1998).
cited Cited as authority (rule) People v. Close
Colo. Ct. App. · 2001 · confidence medium
Bogdanov v. People, supra, 941 P.2d at 254 n. 10, 955 P.2d at 997.
discussed Cited "see" Matter of King (2×) also: Cited "see, e.g."
Colo. Ct. App. · 2025 · signal: see · confidence high
See Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1003 (Colo. 1998); Knight, 537 P.2d at 1086 (“At common law, a person could adopt another name at will.”).
discussed Cited "see" Stackhouse v. People (2×)
Colo. · 2015 · signal: see · confidence high
See Bogdanov v. People, 941 P.2d 247 , 252–53 (Colo. 1997) (“Structural errors are not amenable to either a harmless or a plain error analysis because such errors affect ‘the framework within which the trial proceeds,’ and are not errors in the trial process itself.” (quoting Arizona v. Fulminante, 499 U.S. 279, 310 (1991))), amended, 955 P.2d 997 (Colo. 1997) (mem.), disapproved of on different grounds by Griego v. People, 19 P.3d 1 (Colo. 2001); Griego, 19 P.3d at 7 (quoting the Bogdanov language above as controlling precedent regarding structural error); Medina v. P…
discussed Cited "see" People v. Carter
Colo. Ct. App. · 2015 · signal: see · confidence high
See Bogdanov v. People, 941 P.2d 247 , 254 n. 10, amended by 955 P.2d 997 (Colo. 1997), disapproved of by Griego v. People, 19 P.3d 1 (Colo. 2001); COLJI-Crim Gl:06 (2008). 2 Jury instruction 23, taken from People v. Alvarado, 284 P.3d 99, 102, 103 (Colo. App. 2011), contained the approved supplemental instruction given in that case, and a paraphrased portion of the court’s analysis.
discussed Cited "see" Young v. Bush (2×)
Colo. Ct. App. · 2012 · signal: see · confidence high
See Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1000 (Colo.1998); Sheffield, 211 P.3d at 719 .
cited Cited "see" LaFond v. Sweeney
Colo. Ct. App. · 2012 · signal: see · confidence high
See Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1000 (Colo.1998); see §§ 7-80-101 to -1101, C.R.S.2011 (Colorado Limited Liability Company Act).
cited Cited "see" Colborne Corp. v. Weinstein
Colo. Ct. App. · 2010 · signal: see · confidence high
See Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1003 (Colo.1998); Sheffield Services Co. v. Trowbridge, 211 P.3d 714, 720 (Colo.App.2009).
discussed Cited "see" People v. Collins
Colo. Ct. App. · 2008 · signal: see · confidence high
See Bogdanov v. People, 941 P.2d 247, 258-54 (Colo.1997), modified, 955 P.2d 997 (Colo.1997), disapproved of on other grounds by Griego v. People, 19 P.3d 1 (Colo. *1185 2001); People v. Close, 22 P.3d 983, 987 (Colo.App.2000), aff'd, 48 P.3d 528 (Colo.2002).
discussed Cited "see" People v. Chavez
Colo. Ct. App. · 2008 · signal: see · confidence high
A person is liable as a principal for the behavior of another "if, with the intent to promote or facilitate the commission of the offense, he or she aids, abets, advises, or encourages the other person in planning or committing the offense." § 18-1-603; see Bogdanov v. People, 941 P.2d 247, 252 (Colo.) ("the complicitor must have the culpable mental state required for the underlying crime committed by the prin-cipall, and] ... the complicitor must intend that his own conduct promote or facilitate the commission of the crime committed by the principal"), amended, 955 P.2d 997 (Colo.1997); Peop…
cited Cited "see" People v. Armijo
Colo. Ct. App. · 2007 · signal: see · confidence high
See Bogdanov v. People, 941 P.2d 247, 255 (Colo.1997), amended, 955 P.2d 997 (Colo.1997), disapproved of on other grounds by Griego v. People, 19 P.3d 1 (Colo.2001).
cited Cited "see" People v. Garrison
Colo. Ct. App. · 2004 · signal: see · confidence high
Gleason v. Becker-Johnson Assocs., Inc., 916 P.2d 662 (Colo.App.1996); see Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997 (Colo.1998).
cited Cited "see" In the Interest of A.P.H.
Colo. Ct. App. · 2004 · signal: see · confidence high
See generally Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997 (Colo.1998).
cited Cited "see" In Re Aph
Colo. Ct. App. · 2004 · signal: see · confidence high
See generally Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997 (Colo.1998).
discussed Cited "see" People v. Bovard (2×)
Colo. Ct. App. · 2004 · signal: see · confidence high
See generally Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997 (Colo.1998)(when the district court exercises its authority to decide the case based on the record developed below, as opposed to a trial de novo, it acts as a reviewing court and must accept the facts as found by the county court, and its review is limited to the sufficiency of the evidence); People v. Anderson, 177 Colo. 84 , 492 P.2d 844 (1972).
cited Cited "see" People v. Simpson
Colo. Ct. App. · 2004 · signal: see · confidence high
See Bogdanov v. People, 941 P.2d 247 , amended, 955 P.2d 997 (Colo.1997).
cited Cited "see" Filho v. Rodriguez
Colo. Ct. App. · 2001 · signal: see · confidence high
See Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997 (Colo.1998)(a partially disclosed principal is one whose existence, but not identity, is known to the other party).
cited Cited "see" Great Neck Plaza L.P. v. Le Peep Restaurants, LLC
Colo. Ct. App. · 2001 · signal: see · confidence high
See Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997 (Colo.1998).
cited Cited "see" People v. Williams
Colo. Ct. App. · 2000 · signal: see · confidence high
See Bogdanov v. People, 941 P.2d 247 (Colo.1997), as amended, 955 P.2d 997 (Colo.1997).
discussed Cited "see" Addy v. Myers (2×)
N.D. · 2000 · signal: see · confidence high
See Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997, 1001-04 (Colo.1998) (holding owner of limited liability company may be personally liable to third party if owner acts as agent for company and fails to disclose existence and identity of principal). [¶ 12] Moreover, the operating agreement for the M.A.H.D.
discussed Cited "see" State ex rel. Heitkamp v. Family Life Services, Inc.
N.D. · 2000 · signal: see · confidence high
See Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham , 955 P.2d 997, 1001-04 (Colo. 1998) (holding owner of limited liability company may be personally liable to third party if owner acts as agent for company and fails to disclose existence and identity of principal). [¶12] Moreover, the operating agreement for the M.A.H.D.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Rocky Mountain Exploration, Inc. v. Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (2×)
Colo. Ct. App. · 2016 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 955 P.2d 997 , 1002 (Colo.1998) ; Filho v. Rodriguez, 36 P.3d 199 , 200 (Colo.App.2001) ; Restatement (Third) of Agency § 6.03 (2006) (hereinafter Restatement).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Rocky Mountain Exploration, Inc. v. Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (2×)
Colo. Ct. App. · 2016 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence medium
See, e.g. , Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham , 955 P.2d 997, 1002 (Colo. 1998); Filho v. Rodriguez , 36 P.3d 199, 200 (Colo. App. 2001); Restatement (Third) of Agency § 6.03 (2006) (hereinafter Restatement).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Rocky Mountain Exploration, Inc. v. Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (2×)
Colo. Ct. App. · 2016 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence medium
See, e.g. , Water, Waste & Land, Inc. v. Lanham , 955 P.2d 997, 1002 (Colo. 1998); Filho v. Rodriguez , 36 P.3d 199, 200 (Colo. App. 2001); Restatement (Third) of Agency § 6.03 (2006) (hereinafter Restatement).
cited Cited "see, e.g." People v. Witek
Colo. Ct. App. · 2004 · signal: see also · confidence low
People v. Garcia, supra, 28 P.3d at 344 ; see also Bogdanov v. People, 941 P.2d 247, 255-56 , amended, 955 P.2d 997 (Colo.1997).
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Branko BOGDANOV
v.
The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado
No. 96SC34.
Supreme Court of Colorado.
Nov 17, 1997.
955 P.2d 997
PER CURIAM.

Upon consideration of the Joint Notice of Errata filed herein, and now being sufficiently advised in the premises,

IT IS ORDERED the last paragraph of footnote 10 of this court’s opinion announced on June 16, 1997, 941 P.2d 247, be amended as follows:

The language contained in the brackets should be included in the complicity jury instruction only in those cases where TWO or more persons, possibly including the defendant, together committed the essential elements of the underlying crime.