FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE v. CITY

No. 99SC85.

996 P.2d 133 (2000)

FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, COLORADO LODGE # 19, Petitioner, v. CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brauer, Buescher, Valentine, Goldhammer & Kelman, P.C., Thomas B. Buescher, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Gehler & Merrigan, Thomas E. Merrigan, Commerce City, Colorado, Jean E. Dubofsky, P.C., Jean E. Dubofsky, Boulder, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.

Geoffrey T. Wilson, Denver, Colorado, Attorney for Amicus Curiae The Colorado Municipal League.

Franklin P. Lauer, Pueblo, Colorado, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Local 537 of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers.

Bruno, Bruno & Colin, P.C., David J. Bruno, Stacey E. Nickolaus, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Denver Police Protective Association.


Justice RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari before judgment in the court of appeals pursuant to C.A.R. 50 to review the district court's order declaring binding arbitration provisions contained in an amendment to the City Charter of Commerce City unconstitutional and unenforceable. The voters of Commerce City passed the charter amendment, designated as Question 2A on the ballot, in November 1998...

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