State Ex Rel. Department of Institutions v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission Ex Rel. McAllister

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Denver District Court which affirmed an order of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission finding that Vallorie McAllister had been dismissed .from her employment as a juvenile parole agent because of her sex. We hold that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had no jurisdiction to hear the case and therefore reverse.

The controversy leading to this appeal dates back to 1970 when McAllister was dismissed from her job as a Parole Agent I. She was ordered reinstated by the Civil Service Commission, but was again dismissed by Richard Douglass, director of…