United States Tenth Circuit

Summary judgment for a city on claims brought by members of its police and fire departments, involving a salary freeze imposed by the city, is affirmed where, under Colorado law, any promises made to the officers at the time the city hired them could not bind future city councils, and thus, summary judgment on contract, promissory estoppel, and due process claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/27/2006
• Published 09/27/2006

Judges

• EBEL, Circuit Judge., Before BRISCOE, McKAY, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Darold W. Killmer (Mari Newman, with him on the briefs), Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP, Denver, CO, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew D. Ringel (Thomas J. Lyons, with him on the brief), Hall & Evans, L.L.C., Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellee.