Legal Opinion

Sullivan v. BD. OF COUNTY COM'RS OF ARAPAHOE

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided December 17, 1984No. 82SA311PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEIGHBORS, Justice.

The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Arapahoe (Board) appeals the Arapahoe County District Court’s declaratory judgment that the Board has no power to interfere with the personnel decisions of the Arapahoe County Sheriff concerning his deputies. The district court also declared that funds budgeted for the sheriff’s department by the Board were under the exclusive control of the sheriff and it enjoined the Board from interfering with the sheriff’s personnel decisions regarding deputy sheriffs. We vacate the order and remand for dismissal of the sheriff’s…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, Local 37 v. BoydSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Snyder v. City of LakewoodSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
  3. Tri-State Generation & Transmission Co. v. City of ThorntonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  4. City and County of Denver v. EggertSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  5. Beacom Ex Rel. Seventeenth Judicial District v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983

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3Cited by12 opinions

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