Colorado Polytechnic College v. State Board for Community Colleges, & Occupational Education

This writ of error arises out of an action for a declaratory judgment in the Denver District Court. Colorado Polytechnic College is a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of the state of Colorado. As plaintiff in the trial court, it sought to have declared unconstitutional and void certain statutory provisions the enforcement of which it claimed would effectively put it out of business.

Plaintiff was incorporated in 1960 and has operated a school offering courses, among others, in manufacturing, engineering design, fine arts, commercial arts, industrial arts, advertising, and…