PEOPLE EX REL. FELD v. CITY & CTY. OF DENVER

Nos. 82CA0583, 82CA0949.

673 P.2d 43 (1983)

PEOPLE ex rel. Paul D. FELD, Thomas J. Hausam, and Thomas J. Noel, and on behalf of themselves as individuals, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER; Mile Hi Cablevision Associates, Ltd.; Mile Hi Cablevision, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Carole A. HARRISON, Arthur J. Smith, Helen M. Douglas, Seymour G. Laff, and Mary E. Baca, individually, and the People of the State of Colorado Upon the Relation of Carole A. Harrison, Arthur J. Smith, Helen M. Douglas, Seymour G. Laff, and Mary E. Baca, as Taxpaying Electors of the City and County of Denver, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, a municipal corporation, William Scheitler, T.J. Hackworth, M.L. Sandos, Paul A. Hentzell, Paul L. Swalm, John J. Silchia, Edward F. Burke, Jr., King M. Trimble, Salvadore Carpio, Cathy Donahue, William R. Roberts, Cathy Reynolds and Robert Crider as members of the City Council of the City and County of Denver, William H. McNichols, Jr., as Mayor of the City and County of Denver, and Mile Hi Cablevision Associates, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees. William C. DANKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, Mile Hi Cablevision Associates, Ltd., Mile Hi Cablevision, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Certiorari Denied November 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Danks, Denver, for plaintiffs-appellants Feld, Hausam, and Noel in 82CA0949 and pro se in 82CA0583.

Coghill & Goodspeed, P.C., H. Thomas Coghill, Paul E. Goodspeed, Don Lively, Denver, for plaintiffs-appellants Harrison, Smith, Douglas, Laff, and Baca.

Holland & Hart, William C. McClearn, Elizabeth A. Phelan, Denver, for defendants-appellees Mile Hi Cablevision.

Max P. Zall, City Atty., George J. Cerrone, Jr., Steven J. Coon, Andrew L. Weber, Denver, for defendants-appellees City and County of Denver and officials thereof.


TURSI, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of their respective complaints. We reverse.

Plaintiffs, by three separate actions, two of which were consolidated in the trial court, and all of which are consolidated for disposition in this court, sought declaratory and injunctive relief against the defendants. The substance of plaintiffs' complaints is that as qualified taxpaying electors of Denver, a home rule city, their constitutionally protected right to...

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