Legal Opinion
City and County of Denver v. State
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided March 12, 1990No. 89SA60PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mullarkey
This is an appeal from a summary judgment and permanent injunction issued in the Denver District Court finding unconstitutional section 8-2-120, 3B C.R.S. (1989 Supp.), which forbids municipalities, with few exceptions, from adopting residency requirements for municipal employees. The court permanently enjoined the state from enforcing section 8-2-120 against the appellees, the City and County of Denver, and the City of Durango, finding that it violated Article XX, Section 6(a) of the Colorado Constitution by improperly interfering with the power of home rule municipalities to determine…
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