Legal Opinion
Schulz v. City of Longmont, CO
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 26, 2006No. 04-1418PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Due to declining revenues, the City of Longmont, Colorado (“the City”) imposed a salary freeze on its employees for the year 2003. Plaintiffs-Appellants (“the Officers”), members of Longmont’s fire and police departments, sued the City, alleging that when the City hired them, it had promised each of them annual pay increases for approximately the first three years of their employment. The Officers, who were eligible for such an annual pay increase in 2003, claimed that the City, by imposing the 2003 salary freeze, 1) breached its employment contract with these Officers; 2)…
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