MT. EMMONS MIN. CO. v. TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE

No. 82SA256.

690 P.2d 231 (1984)

MT. EMMONS MINING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, and AMAX Inc., a New York corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE; Director of Public Works of the Town of Crested Butte; Larry Adams, Director of Public Works of the Town of Crested Butte; Town Manager of the Town of Crested Butte; Harold J. Stalf, Town Manager of the Town of Crested Butte, Respondents-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gorsuch, Kirgis, Campbell, Walker & Grover, Leonard M. Campbell, Stanley G. Harvey, Denver, Bratton & Zimmerman, L. Richard Bratton, Gunnison, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich, Kaufman & Doty, Ltd., Raymond A. Haik, R. Daniel Scheid, Minneapolis, Minn., A. Walter Wise, Golden, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Ronald J. Landeck, Moscow, Idaho, Rodney B. Proffitt, Crested Butte, for defendants-appellants.

Gerald E. Dahl, Frisco, for amicus curiae, Northwest Colorado Council of Governments.

Tami A. Tanoue, Denver, for amicus curiae, Colorado Mun. League.


QUINN, Justice.

The Town of Crested Butte and various town officials (collectively Crested Butte) appeal from an adverse summary judgment declaring the town's Watershed District Permit Ordinance invalid and permanently enjoining its enforcement against Mount Emmons Mining Company and AMAX, Inc. (collectively AMAX). The District Court of Gunnison County held that the ordinance, which required a company such as AMAX to obtain...

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