Legal Opinion

Himelgrin v. City and County of Denver

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided February 6, 1986No. 85CA0974PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the trial court declaring that the Career Service Board of the City and County of Denver has the power under the City Charter to promulgate a rale barring city attorneys from the private practice of law and further declaring that the rale does not constitute prohibited retrospective legislation under Colo. Const, art. II, § 11. The plaintiffs challenge both holdings of the trial court, and we affirm.

The facts are undisputed and are as found by the trial court: After the announcement of a proposed rule by the personnel director of the Denver…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Adams Nursing Home of Williamstown, Inc. v. F. David Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
  3. Colorado Ass'n of Public Employees v. LammSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  4. County of Madera v. GendronCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
  5. HATTIESBURG FIREF'T'RS v. City of HattiesburgMississippi Supreme Court · 1972

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Committee for Better Health Care for All Colorado Citizens v. MeyerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
  2. Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment v. BethellColorado Court of Appeals · 2002
  3. Committee for Better Health Care for All Colorado Citizens v. MeyerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
  4. D.K.B. v. PeopleColorado Court of Appeals · 1991

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