KERR v. HICKENLOOPER

Civil Action No. 11-cv-01350-WJM-BNB.

880 F.Supp.2d 1112 (2012)

Andy KERR, Colorado State Representative, Norma V. Anderson, Jane M. Barnes, Member Jefferson County Board of Education, Elaine Gantz Berman, Member State Board of Education, Alexander E. Bracken, William K. Bregar, Member Pueblo District 70 Board of Education, Bob Briggs, Westminster City Councilman, Bruce W. Broderius, Member Weld County District 6 Board of Education, Trudy B. Brown, John C. Buechner, Ph.D., Lafayette City Councilman, Stephen A. Burkholder, Richard L. Byyny, M.D., Lois Court, Colorado State Representative, Theresa L. Crater, Robin Crossan, Member Steamboat Springs RE-2 Board of Education, Richard E. Ferdinandsen, Stephanie Garcia, Member Pueblo City Board of Education, Kristi Hargrove, Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, Colorado State Representative, Nancy Jackson, Arapahoe County Commissioner, William G. Kaufman, Claire Levy, Colorado State Representative, Margaret (Molly) Markert, Aurora City Councilwoman, Megan J. Masten, Michael Merrifield, Marcella (Marcy) L. Morrison, John P. Morse, Colorado State Senator, Pat Noonan, Ben Pearlman, Boulder County Commissioner, Wallace Pulliam, Frank Weddig, Arapahoe County Commissioner, Paul Weissmann, and Joseph W. White, Plaintiffs, v. John HICKENLOOPER, Governor of Colorado, in his official capacity, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

July 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Evans Skaggs , Herbert Lawrence Fenster , McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, Emily L. Droll , Geoffrey M. Williamson , John A. Herrick , Lino S. Lipinsky De Orlov , Michael F. Feeley , Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Denver, CO, for Plaintiffs.

Bernard A. Buescher , Daniel D. Domenico , Maurice G. Knaizer , Megan Paris Rundlet , Colorado Attorney General's Office, Denver, CO, for Defendant.


ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS

WILLIAM J. MARTINEZ, District Judge.

This action challenges the constitutionality and legality of the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights ("TABOR"), an amendment to the Colorado Constitution passed by voter initiative in 1992. Among other provisions, TABOR prohibits the Colorado General Assembly from increasing tax rates or imposing new taxes without voter approval. Plaintiffs allege that, by...

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