LA PLATA ELEC. ASS'N, INC. v. CUMMINS

No. 85SC82.

728 P.2d 696 (1986)

LA PLATA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado corporation, Petitioner, v. Louis M. CUMMINS; Leona E. O'Brien; John E. Ranne; Alameda M. Ranne; Earl W. Rounsaville, a/k/a Earl W. Roundsavill; Buckley D. Wagner, a/k/a Buck D. Wagner; Laquita J. Wagner; Bank of Durango; Rickie Lee Londe; and Clyde Demel, as Public Trustee of La Plata County, Colorado, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maynes, Bradford & Shipps, Sara Duncan, Durango, for petitioner.

E.B. Hamilton, Jr., Durango, for respondents.

Horn, Anderson & Johnson, Gregory L. Johnson, William Kelly Dude, James J. DuBois, Colorado Springs, for amicus curiae Colorado Ass'n of Mun. Utilities.

Fischer, Brown, Huddleson & Gunn, Charles R. Huddleson, Bryan W. Blakely, Fort Collins, for amicus curiae Platte River Power Authority.


LOHR, Justice.

The question presented in this case is whether owners of real property who have a portion of their property condemned for the purpose of constructing an electric power line are entitled to compensation for reduction in the value of the remainder of the property resulting from aesthetic damage and loss of view. In La Plata Electric Ass'n, Inc. v. Cummins, 703 P.2d 592 (Colo.App.1985), the Colorado Court of Appeals...

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