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TOWN OF TELLURIDE v. SAN MIGUEL VALLEY CORP.

No. 07SA101.

185 P.3d 161 (2008)

TOWN OF TELLURIDE, Petitioner-Appellee v. SAN MIGUEL VALLEY CORPORATION, a Colorado corporation; Boomerang Holdings, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company; Alley Oop Holdings, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company; and Cordillera Corporation, a Utah corporation, Respondents-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 2, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faegre & Benson LLP, Leslie A. Fields, John R. Sperber, Denver, Colorado, Murray Dahl Kuechenmeister & Renaud LLP, Gerald E. Dahl, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner-Appellee.

Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff, & Ragonetti, P.C., Thomas J. Ragonetti, Darrell G. Waas, J. Thomas Macdonald, Patricia C. Campbell, Mikaela V. Rivera, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondents-Appellants.

Steven J. Zwick, County Attorney, Rebeckah S. King, Assistant County Attorney, Telluride, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae The Board of County Commissioners of the County of San Miguel, Colorado.

Erin E. Goff, Denver, Colorado, Attorney for Amicus Curiae The Colorado Municipal League.

Grimshaw & Harring, P.C., Gilbert F. McNeish, Paul Wisor, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae The American Planning Association, Colorado Chapter.

Justice RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This appeal raises the question whether section 38-1-101(4)(b), C.R.S. (2007) ("subsection 4b"), unconstitutionally denies home rule municipalities their eminent domain power under article XX of the Colorado Constitution. The Town of Telluride, a home rule municipality, sought to condemn 572 acres of real property located adjacent to Telluride for open space and park purposes. The owners of the property contested the...

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