Legal Opinion

Chiappe v. State Personnel Board

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided January 12, 1981No. 79SA63PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROVIRA, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order by the Boulder County District Court which dismissed a complaint seeking review of the action of the State Personnel Board upholding the termination of employment of Messrs. Chiappe and Kaufman (appellants). We affirm.

The appellants were hired as food service workers in the University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1974. At the time they were hired each had a beard, and no mention was made of a “no beard” policy as a condition of employment. They did not actually prepare or serve food but worked as “busboys” in areas…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. ChavezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  2. Citizens for Free Enterprise v. Department of RevenueSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  3. Colorado Society of Community & Institutional Psychologists, Inc. v. LammSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987
  4. Orsinger Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
  5. Zelinger v. City and County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986

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