Opinion
No. 91SC189
Decided December 14, 1992. Rehearing Denied January 11, 1993.
Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals Pursuant to C.A.R. 50
Law Offices of John Robert Holland, John R. Holland; Law Office of Kathleen Mullen, P.C., Kathleen Mullen; Jean E. Dubofsky, P.C., Jean E. Dubofsky, for Petitioner.
Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Raymond T. Slaughter, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Timothy M. Tymkovich, Solicitor General, Paul Farley, Deputy Attorney General, Wade Livingston, First Assistant Attorney General, John August Lizza, First Assistant Attorney General, Stacy L. Worthington, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondents.
Judith Howell, for Amicus Curiae Catholic Community Services of the Archdiocese of Denver.
Donald W. Hoagland, for Colorado Coalition for Health Care Access.
Horowitz Berrett, P.C., David M. Berrett, for Amicus Curiae Capital Hill Action Recreation Group Colorado Association for the Mentally Ill.
Kristin A. Kutz; William P. Bethke, for Amicus Curiae The Center for Legal Advocacy, d/b/a The Legal Center Serving Persons With Disabilities.
Pendleton Sabian, P.C., Richard F. Hennessey, William J. Martinez, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Psychiatric Society.
Frank Finger, P.C., William S. Finger, for Amicus Curiae Atlantis Community, Inc.
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Denver, Linda J. Olson, Jonathan D. Asher; Colorado Coalition of Legal Services Programs, Daniel M. Taubman, for Amicus Curiae Dorothy Harberson.
Kelly/Haglund/Garnsey Kahn, Christine L. Murphy, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, The Salvation Army Social Services Division, Samaritan House, and Sacred Heart House.
Dudley P. Spiller, Jr., for Amicus Curiae Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods, Inc.
Peggy E. Montano, Ann E. Mesmer, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Alliance for the Mentally Ill and The Mental Health Association of Colorado, Inc.
Wiley Daniel, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Bar Association.
This case has been heard and reviewed by the court. Justice Lohr, Justice Quinn, and Justice Kirshbaum favor affirmance of the judgment of the Denver District Court. Duc Van Le v. Ibarra, No. 88CV22641 (Aug. 23, 1990). Chief Justice Rovira, Justice Erickson, and Justice Mullarkey favor reversal. Justice Vollack did not participate.
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is affirmed by operation of law because of an equally divided court. C.A.R. 35(e).