SEELEY v. BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS

No. 89SC129.

791 P.2d 696 (1990)

Leslie G. SEELEY, Petitioner, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR La PLATA COUNTY, Colorado; Alvin Brown, Sheriff of La Plata County, Colorado; and Sheriff's Department of La Plata County, Colorado, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sander N. Karp, Denver, for petitioner.

Hall & Evans, Malcolm S. Mead and Cathy S. Harris, Denver, for respondent Bd. of County Com'rs for La Plata County.

Shand, McLachlan & Newbold, P.C., Michael E. McLachlan and Martha T. Minot, Durango, for respondent Alvin Brown, Sheriff of La Plata County, and Sheriff's Dept. of La Plata County.


Justice VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari in this case to review the court of appeals decision in Seeley v. Board of County Commissioners, 771 P.2d 21 (Colo.App.1989). The court of appeals held that a policy manual issued by former La Plata County Sheriff Alvin Brown did not preclude the sheriff from exercising his statutory prerogative to terminate...

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