Barber v. Ritter

Introduction

In this case involving article X, section 20 of the Colorado Constitution ("Amendment 1"),1 we review the court of appeals' opinion in Barber v. Ritter, 170 P.3d 763 (Colo.App.2007).2 In that opinion, the court of appeals held that Petitioners/Cross-Respondents Douglas Barber, Heggem-Lungquist Paint Company, and Rick Kerber ("Petitioners"), as Colorado taxpayers, established standing to challenge the transfer of over $442 million from thirty-one special funds to the state's General Fund, but that the legislative acts authorizing the fund transfers did not violate article X,…