ROMER v. BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS

No. 96SC626.

956 P.2d 566 (1998)

Roy ROMER, Governor of the State of Colorado; The Department of Human Services, State of Colorado; Barbara McDonnell, in her official capacity as the Executive Director of the Department of Human Services; The State Board of Human Services; and Bruce D. Bass, Dr. Carole Custer, Shirley M. Baty, Cami Learned, Shirl McGuire-Beldin, and Youlon D. Savage, in their official capacities as members of the State Board of Human Services, Petitioners, v. The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF PUEBLO, COLORADO, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Paul Farley, Deputy Attorney General, Wade Livingston, First Assistant Attorney General, State Services Section, Denver, for Petitioners.

Wm. David Lytle, Special Assistant County Attorney, Terry A. Hart, Clifford J. Hofmann, Jr., Pueblo, for Respondent.


Justice SCOTT delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In Board of County Commissioners v. Romer, 931 P.2d 504 (Colo.App.1996), we granted certiorari to decide a single question: Does a county department of social services have standing to compel the State Department of Human Services to reduce statewide social services expenditures?1 We hold that it does not.

In Romer, the court of appeals...

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