BD. OF CTY. COM'RS, ETC. v. CITY & CTY., ETC.

No. 27592.

571 P.2d 1094 (1977)

The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF the COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, State of Colorado, a body politic and corporate, John A. Topolnicki, Darrel M. Pinckney, Richard Hollowell, Patricia Hollowell, Jerry Grosvenor, and Danna B. Grosvenor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, State of Colorado, a Municipal Corporation, the City Council of the City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, the Board of County Commissioners of the City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, Harlan H. Holben, Gasper F. Perricone, Michael F. Morrisey, Bernard H. Thorn, Frank J. Johns, Donald Lavers, Arthur D. Boyd, Jean Boyd, and Brad Wolf, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 15, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick R. Mahan, County Atty., Richard J. Scheurer, Asst. County Atty., Golden, George J. Robinson, Sp. Counsel, Lakewood, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Max P. Zall, City Atty., Herman J. Atencio, Asst. City Atty., David J. Hahn, and C. Thomas Bastien, Sp. Counsels, Denver, for defendants-appellees.


ERICKSON, Justice.

This appeal challenges the decision of the district court which upheld the constitutionality of the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965 (hereinafter Annexation Act).1 We affirm.

On June 6, 1973, the Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County (hereinafter county commissioners), along with other named individuals, filed a complaint and petition for certiorari review and also sought a declaratory judgment relating...

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