ROUNTREE v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

No. 27990.

596 P.2d 739 (1979)

Ben ROUNTREE, Clarence Chapman, Kenny Heinz, Guy Iuppa, Robert Johnson, Manual D. Salazar, R. N. Madrill, and M. L. Croucher, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas R. Phillips, Denver, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Max P. Zall, City Atty., Donald E. Wilson, Asst. City Atty., Denver, for defendant-appellee.


PRINGLE, Justice.

Eight residents of the City and County of Denver, all employees of the United States Postal Service [Postal Service], brought an action in Denver District Court, praying for an injunction to restrain the City and County of Denver from levying and collecting from them its Employee Occupational Privilege Tax, pursuant to Article 166C of the Denver Revised Municipal Code. This tax is commonly referred to as Denver's "head tax," but it is not, in fact...

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