U S WEST v. CITY OF LONGMONT

No. 96SC75.

948 P.2d 509 (1997)

U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Colorado corporation, Petitioner, v. CITY OF LONGMONT, a Colorado municipal corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff & Ragonetti, P.C., Thomas J. Ragonetti, J. Thomas Macdonald, William H. Brierly, Russell P. Rowe, U S WEST Communications, Inc., Denver, for Petitioners.

Gorsuch Kirgis, L.L.C., Dudley P. Spiller, Maury L. Cuje, Denver, Claybourne M. Douglas, Mickey N. Conrad, Longmont, for Respondents.

Geoffrey T. Wilson, Denver, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Municipal League.

Anderson, Dude, Pifher & Lebel, P.C., Joseph B. Wilson, Colorado Springs, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities.

Leboeuf Lamb Greene LLP, Mark A. Davidson, Denver, for Amicus Curiae Public Service Company of Colorado.

Denman & Corbetta, P.C., Steven H. Denman, Richard L. Corbetta, Melissa A. Dalla, Denver, for Amicus Curiae West Plains Energy, a Division of UtiliCorp United Inc.

John J. Conway, Berry & Singer, Kent L. Singer, Denver, John L. Kemp, Glenwood Springs, for Amicus Curiae The Colorado Rural Electric Association.


Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to consider whether the court of appeals erred in U S West Communications, Inc. v. City of Longmont, 924 P.2d 1071 (Colo.App.1995), when it affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the City of Longmont (Longmont) in an action brought by U S WEST Communications, Inc. (U S WEST). U S WEST challenged the validity of a Longmont...

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