COLORADO DEPT. OF PERSONNEL v. ALEXANDER

No. 97SC719.

970 P.2d 459 (1998)

The COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL; Andre N. Pettigrew, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Personnel, The Colorado Department of Revenue; and Terrance Fagan, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Revenue, Petitioners, v. Cathy ALEXANDER, John Bailey, Ana C. Bowman, Tom Bovio, Vicki Bunch, Gloria Carino, Joe Chase, Joyce Chevarria, Joann Christensen, Rich Copley, Mike Coulter, Art Crespin, Michele Cyr, Christine Dexter, W. David Driscoll, Felipe Duran, Larry Frazier, Robert L. Glidden, Cynthia A. Granner, Thomas Herman, Louis Hoefer, Bob Jeannelle, Gary Jensen, Karen Jones, Larry Jordahl, Karen Karl, Cary Kelliher, Dave Kennedy, Michelle Kerstann, Kent Le-Blanc, Dave Loomis, Gray Maelzer, Dee Malonson, Christina A. Mathey, Joe Markworth, Gary May, Dorothy McKay, Jim McNaught, Jim Meyers, Robert S. Mitchell, John Mohatt, Michelle Mongan, Darlene Muniz, Bruce Nelson, Robert Osborne, Vince Palkovich, John Petersen, Douglas Pollack, Dick Pond, Linda Quade, William Rayner, Mary Robyn, Virginia E. Ruge, Mike Santos, Karen Shaw, Tammy Sorensen, Joseph Soss, Sharon Steher, Phil Stricklan, Dana Summers, Nancy Tanner, August Tilger, Larry Toillion, Gary Toleno, Karen Torsney, John Trujillo, David C. Valenciano, Richard Victorson, Lloyd Wicke, Larry Williams, John Wilton, Trish Windham, Donna Wright, Rebecca Gillespie, Wendell Miller, Raymond A. Cardy, Chris J. Eliopulos, James K. Hinz, Ronald H. Granner, William V. Speckman, and John C. Streeter, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing January 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Paul Farley, Deputy Attorney General, David M. Kaye, First Assistant Attorney General, John D. Baird, Assistant Attorney General, State Services Section, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioners.

James R. Gilsdorf, Denver, Colorado, Attorney for Respondents.


Justice HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this appeal, the Colorado Department of Personnel (Department) challenges the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the trial court and concluding that the Department's failure to obtain gubernatorial approval before implementing pay decreases constituted an abuse of discretion.1 See Alexander v. Colorado Dep't of Personnel, 952 P.2d 814...

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