Case Name: STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Richard A. BIELLA, Respondent
Court: Colorado Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Colorado
Decision Date: 1983-11-29
Citations: 672 P.2d 529
Docket Number: No. 82SC309
Parties: STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Richard A. BIELLA, Respondent.
Judges: NEIGHBORS, J., does not participate.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 672
Pages: 529–529

Head Matter:
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Richard A. BIELLA, Respondent.
No. 82SC309.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.
Nov. 29, 1983.
J.D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Joel W. Cantrick, Sol. Gen., David K. Rees, Janet L.. Miller, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for petitioner.
Caplan & Earnest, Gerald A. Caplan, Boulder, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This case has been heard and reviewed by the court. Chief Justice Erickson, Justice Lohr, and Justice Quinn favor affirmance of the judgment of the Court of Appeals. Biella v. State Department of Highways, 652 P.2d 1100 (Colo.App.1982). Justice Rovira, Justice Dubofsky, and Justice Kirshbaum are in favor of reversal. Justice Neighbors was the trial judge and did not participate.
Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed by operation of law because of an equally divided court. C.A.R. 35(e).
NEIGHBORS, J., does not participate.