CITY & CTY. OF DENVER v. DENVER FIREFIGHTERS

No. 81SC70.

663 P.2d 1032 (1983)

The CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER; the Board of Councilmen of the City and County of Denver; the Honorable William H. McNichols, Jr., acting in his capacity as Mayor of the City and County of Denver; Edward F. Burke, Jr., Salvadore "Sam" Carpio, Cathy Donahue, Stephen Grogan, Paul A. Hentzel, Kenneth M. MacIntosh, James J. Nolan, Larry Perry, Cathy Reynolds, William R. Roberts, M.L. Sam Sandos, L. Don Wyman, in their capacities as members of the Board of Councilmen of the City and County of Denver and Elvin Caldwell, in his capacity as a member and President of the Board of Councilmen of the City and County of Denver, Petitioners, v. DENVER FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL NO. 858, AFL-CIO, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max P. Zall, City Atty., Robert D. Dowler, Brian H. Goral, Asst. City Attys., Damas & Smith, Stanislas S. Damas, Denver, for petitioners.

Brauer, Simons & Buescher, P.C., Mark N. Simons, Denver, for respondents.

Semple & Jackson, Martin Semple, Robert I. Cohn, Denver, for amicus curiae, Denver Public Schools.

Larry F. Hobbs, Denver, for amicus curiae, Colorado Educ. Ass'n.


LOHR, Justice.

The Denver Firefighters Local No. 858, IAFF, AFL-CIO (Union), filed a complaint against the City and County of Denver (City) and city officials requesting injunctive relief, claiming that the defendants had breached the parties' collective bargaining agreement by refusing to submit a firefighter's grievance to binding arbitration. The Denver District Court granted the Union's summary judgment motion and the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed. We allowed...

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