McCROSKEY v. GUSTAFSON

No. 80SC109.

638 P.2d 51 (1981)

Jack McCROSKEY, Martha F. Radetsky, Harold Dahlen, Helen Hopkins and Jeannine Atchison, individually and on behalf of the Taxpayers and Citizens of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, Petitioners, v. Carl H. GUSTAFSON, Quinn & Co., Inc., a New Mexico corporation, and The City and County of Denver, a municipal corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaacson, Rosenbaum, Spiegleman & Friedman, P. C., Stanton Rosenbaum, Kelly, Haglund, Garnsey, Kahn & Donnell, Edwin S. Kahn, Denver, for petitioners.

Tallmadge, Tallmadge, Wallace & Hahn, P. C., David J. Hahn, Denver, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P. A., William C. Schaab, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for respondents Gustafson and Quinn & Co., Inc.

Max P. Zall, City Atty., Robert M. Kelly, and John L. Stoffel, Jr., Asst. City Attys., Denver, for respondent The City and County of Denver.


ROVIRA, Justice.

Petitioners are citizens and taxpayers of the City and County of Denver (City). They challenge the ruling of the court of appeals which held that they lacked standing to bring an action on behalf of the City. McCroskey v. Gustafson, Colo.App., 611 P.2d 984 (1980). We granted certiorari in order to consider the ruling of the court of appeals. We affirm.

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