Legal Opinion
Dodge v. Department of Social Services
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 24, 1979No. 79SC15PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rovira
This is an action brought in the Denver District Court by the appellants to enjoin the allegedly unconstitutional expenditure of public funds. The complaint alleged that the appellants were taxpayers and citizens of the State of Colorado, that public funds were being used to finance non-therapeutic abortions and that such expenditures were in contravention of *381Article V, Section 33 (1978 Supp.),1 of the Colorado Constitution. The complaint further alleged that the appellees have no statutory authority, with or without specific appropriation by the legislature, to use public funds for…
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3Cited by37 opinions
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