BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS v. CITY OF AURORA

No. 01CA1380.

62 P.3d 1049 (2002)

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. CITY OF AURORA, a Colorado municipal corporation; and Gartrell Investment Company, L.L.C., a Colorado limited liability company, Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Mark Hannen, County Attorney, Kurt G. Stiegelmeier, Assistant County Attorney, Castle Rock, CO; Hayes, Phillips & Maloney, P.C., John E. Hayes, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Charles H. Richardson, City Attorney, Robert Rogers, Assistant City Attorney, Robert G. Werking, Assistant City Attorney, Aurora, CO, for Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee City of Aurora.

Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff & Ragonetti, P.C., Thomas J. Ragonetti, J. Thomas Macdonald, Munsey L. Ayers, Jr., Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee Gartrell Investment Company, L.L.C.

Gorsuch Kirgis, L.L.P., Gerald E. Dahl, Denver, CO; Colorado Municipal League, Carolynne C. White, Denver, CO, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Municipal League.

Hall & Evans, L.L.C., Josh A. Marks, Denver, CO, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Counties, Inc.


Opinion by Judge CASEBOLT.

In this action for review of a land annexation, defendants, the City of Aurora and Gartrell Investment Company, L.L.C. (developer), appeal the judgment in favor of plaintiff, the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County, voiding the city's annexation of developer's property. The county cross-appeals the court's interpretation and application of an annexation provision. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

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