Legal Opinion

Table Services, Ltd. v. Hickenlooper

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided April 28, 2011No. 09CA2729PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge RICHMAN.

In this case, we are called upon to determine the constitutionality of Amendment 42, enacted by Colorado voters in November 2006, for the purpose of raising the minimum hourly wage in Colorado from $5.15 to $6.85, and requiring thereafter an annual adjustment to the minimum wage based on inflation. Plaintiffs, Table Services, LTD, and seven other businesses, appeal the district court's judgment dismissing their challenge to the constitutionality of Amendment 42. We affirm.

I. Background

The material facts are not in dispute. Plaintiffs are owners and operators of…

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