Legal Opinion
Branson v. City & County of Denver
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 30, 1985No. 84SA5PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBOFSKY, Justice.
The plaintiff, Birdie L. Branson, appeals the judgment of the Denver district court affirming the decision of the defendants, the Board of Trustees of the Firemen’s Pension Fund for the City and County of Denver (the board), that denied her benefits as the surviving spouse of a disabled Denver firefighter because she was not married to the firefighter at the time he applied for retirement. The district court *339held that section 31-30-509, 12 C.R.S. (1977), restricting widows’ benefits to widows who married retired firemen before they applied for retirement,1 did not violate…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Austin v. LitvakSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
- Mosgrove v. Town of Federal HeightsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
- Millis v. Bd. of Cty. Com'rs of Larimer Cty.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1981
- City & County of Denver v. NielsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
- DAWSON BY AND THROUGH McKELVEY v. PERASupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Persichini v. Brad Ragan, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1987
- Tassian v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987
- Harris v. the ArkSupreme Court of Colorado · 1991
- Colorado Society of Community & Institutional Psychologists, Inc. v. LammSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987
- City of Montrose v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987
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