KAISER v. AURORA URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY

Supreme Court Case No. 22SC92.

541 P.3d 1180 (2024)

2024 CO 4

PK KAISER, in his official capacity as Arapahoe County Assessor, and Joann Groff, in her official capacity as Colorado State Property Tax Administrator, Petitioners, v. AURORA URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY, Corporex Colorado LLC, Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 1, Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 2, and Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 3., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

January 22, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner Arapahoe County Assessor: Ronald A. Carl , Arapahoe County Attorney, Benjamin P. Swartzendruber , Senior Assistant County Attorney, Littleton, Colorado.

Attorneys for Petitioner Colorado State Property Tax Administrator: Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Robert H. Dodd , First Assistant Attorney General, John H. Ridge , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jessica E. Ross , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent Aurora Urban Renewal Authority: Kutak Rock LLP, Thomas W. Snyder , Daniel C. Lynch , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondents Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 1, Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 2, and Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 3: Fairfield & Woods, P.C., Craig D. Joyce , Lee Katherine Goldstein , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Counties, Inc.: Hall & Evans, LLC, Andrew D. Ringel, Ethan E. Zweig, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Municipal Bond Dealers' Association: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Carolynne C. White, Christopher O. Murray, Rosa L. Baum, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Municipal League: Robert D. Sheesley, Rachel Bender, Denver, Colorado.

No appearance on behalf of: Respondent Corporex Colorado LLC.

JUSTICE BERKENKOTTER delivered the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BOATRIGHT, JUSTICE MARQUEZ, JUSTICE HOOD, III, JUSTICE GABRIEL, JUSTICE HART, and JUSTICE SAMOUR, Jr. joined.


¶1 We granted certiorari to consider whether the Colorado State Property Tax Administrator's methodology for implementing Tax Increment Financing violates Colorado's Urban Renewal Law.

¶2 The respondents in this case, Aurora Urban Renewal Authority, Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan...

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