CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COM'N

No. 25422.

507 P.2d 871 (1973)

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION of the State of Colorado, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max P. Zall, City Atty., Brian H. Goral, Asst. City Atty., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John E. Archibold, Irvin M. Kent, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for defendant-appellant.

John J. Conway, Denver, for amicus curiae, Colo. Rural Electric Assoc.


KELLEY, Justice.

This litigation grows out of the determination by the City and County of Denver (Denver) to acquire the property and operating rights of The Denver Tramway Corporation (Tramway). The trial court enjoined the Public Utilities Commission (P. U.C.) from exercising jurisdiction over the operation by Denver of the mass transit system in the metropolitan Denver area outside the territorial limits of Denver.

By agreement of the parties, the...

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