GREEN VALLEY RANCH VENTURE CO. v. DISTRICT COURT

No. 26489.

526 P.2d 141 (1974)

GREEN VALLEY RANCH VENTURE CO., a joint venture, et al., Petitioners, v. The DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF ADAMS, SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, State of Colorado, and the Honorable Oyer G. Leary, one of the judges thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

September 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meer, Wolf & Slatkin, Albert B. Wolf and Holme, Roberts & Owen, John L. Kane, Jr., Denver, for petitioners Green Valley Ranch Venture Co. and The Builders Group, Ltd.

Max P. Zall, City Atty., David J. Hahn, Asst. City Atty., Denver, for petitioners The City and County of Denver, The City Council of the City and County of Denver and the Board of County Commissioners of the City and County of Denver.

Gorsuch, Kirgis, Campbell, Walker & Grover, John J. Mullins, Jr., Denver, for petitioner Union Pacific Land Resources Corp.

S. Morris Lubow, County Atty., Adams County, Larry W. Berkowitz, Asst. County Atty., Brighton, for respondents.

Patrick R. Mahan, County Atty., Jefferson County, Richard J. Scheurer, Asst. County Atty., Golden, George J. Robinson, Special Counsel, Jefferson County, Lakewood, Ronald S. Loser, County Atty., Arapahoe County, Littleton, amicus curiae.


ERICKSON, Justice.

This original proceeding seeking relief in the nature of prohibition was filed pursuant to Colo.Const. Art. VI, Sec. 3, and C.A.R. 21. The petitioners allege that the District Court of the Seventeenth Judicial District lacks jurisdiction to proceed under the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965 (1965 Perm.Supp., C.R.S.1963, 139-21-15(1)(a)) [hereinafter referred to as the "Annexation Act," and cited by section number].

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