Legal Opinion
City & County of Denver v. Denver Firefighters Local No. 858
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided March 3, 2014No. Supreme Court Case No. 12SC736PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rice
11 We granted certiorari to consider an issue of first impression: whether a proposed amendment to the fire department's disciplinary system is subject to collective bargaining under the Charter of the City and County of Denver ("Charter").1 See Denver, Colo., Code of Ordinances tit. I, subtit. B (2013). Construing the plain language of the Charter to create a harmonious and sensible whole, we hold that the City and County of Denver has authority to both draft and implement disciplinary rules and that this authority is not limited by the Denver firefighters' right to engage in collective…
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