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ANDERSON v. LAMM

No. 27941.

579 P.2d 620 (1978)

Fred E. ANDERSON, Carl H. Gustafson, Arthur C. Herzberger, Betty I. Neale, Richard H. Plock, Jr., Ruth S. Stockton, Ronald H. Strahle, and Ted L. Strickland, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard D. LAMM, Governor, State of Colorado, Daniel S. Whittemore, Controller, State of Colorado, Henry A. Foley, Executive Director, Department of Social Services, State of Colorado, Robert J. Ore, Executive Director, Department of Labor and Employment, State of Colorado, Anthony Robbins, Executive Director, Department of Health, State of Colorado and G. Owen Smith, Acting President, Community College of Denver, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tallmadge, Tallmadge, Wallace & Hahn, David J. Hahn, C. Thomas Bastien, Denver, for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., David W. Robbins, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., Stephen H. Kaplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendants-appellees.

LEE, Justice.

This case involves vetoes by the Governor of portions of the 1977 general appropriation bill, commonly known as the "Long Bill." The plaintiff-appellants are eight members of the Fifty-first General Assembly. The defendant-appellees are comprised of the Governor and various state officers. The complaint sought a declaratory judgment that the Governor's vetoes of nine portions of the Long Bill were invalid because they were improper item vetoes under...

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