Horrell v. Department of Administration

The appellants, seven present and former state employees (hereafter the employees); the Colorado Association of Public Employees (hereafter CAPE), a non-profit organization which represents state employees in employment issues; and C.W. Peterson, a Colorado taxpayer, appeal the trial court’s summary judgment dismissing their claims of constitutional misconduct filed against the appellees, the Colorado Department of Administration (hereafter the Department), and five private corporations.1 The trial court determined that the employees had failed to exhaust available administrative remedies;…