Board of Education of State of Colorado v. Spurlin

The action here under review was instituted by the Board of Education and several officials thereof against James A. Noonan, the then Controller of the State of Colorado, and the State Civil Service Commission seeking a declaratory judgment with respect to whether the named plaintiffs-officials are exempt from Civil Service. Judgment was for defendants and plaintiffs seek review, contending that the trial court erred in interpreting the relevant .statutory and constitutional provisions.

*510In 1918 Colorado adopted an amendment to Article XII of the Constitution which established the Civil Service…