Opinion ID: 804190
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Heading: Colorado Long-Arm Statutory Jurisdiction

Text: Both this court and the Colorado Supreme Court have held that the Colorado long-arm statute extends jurisdiction to the greatest extent permitted by due process, obviating the need for a statutory long-arm analysis independent of the due process inquiry. See AST Sports Sci., Inc. v. CLF Distrib. Ltd., 514 F.3d 1054, 1057 (10th Cir. 2008) (“The Colorado Supreme Court has interpreted Colorado’s long-arm statute to extend jurisdiction to the fullest extent permitted by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. ‘This interpretation obviates the need for a long-arm statutory analysis separate from the due process inquiry . . . .’” (brackets omitted) (citation omitted) (quoting Keefe v. Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum, P.C., 40 P.3d 1267, 1270 (Colo. 2002))); Dwyer v. Dist. Ct., Sixth Judicial Dist., 532 P.2d 725, 726–27 (Colo. 1975) (“‘[O]ur legislature intended to extend the jurisdiction of our courts to the fullest extent permitted by the due process clause . . . .’ Therefore, the only question which we must determine is whether exercise of jurisdiction over the petitioner comports with the protection of the due process clause.” (citation omitted) (quoting Safari Outfitters, Inc. v. Super. Ct. In & For City & Cnty. of Denver, 448 P.2d 783, 784 (Colo. 1968))). Only one inquiry is said to be required because “we necessarily address the requirements of the long-arm statute when we engage in constitutional due process analysis.” Archangel Diamond Corp. v. Lukoil, 123 P.3d 1187, 1193 (Colo. 2005); accord Melea, 511 F.3d at 1065 (stating that the Colorado long-arm -8- statute’s “requirements are necessarily addressed under a due process analysis”).