Colorado Ass'n of Public Employees v. Board of Regents

This is an appeal1 from the Denver District Court’s judgment upholding the constitutionality of House Bill No. 1143, Ch. 193, secs. 1 to 14, 1989 Colo.Sess.Laws 995-1006, which provided for the reorganization of the University of Colorado University Hospital as a private, nonprofit corporation. This act is mostly codified in sections 23-21-401 to -410, 9 C.R.S. (1990 Supp.). The plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of the statute on two grounds: first, that it violates Article XII, Section 13, of the Colorado Constitution, the State Civil Service Amendment, and second, that it violates…