Legal Opinion
Auraria Businessmen Against Confiscation, Inc. v. Denver Urban Renewal Authority
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 14, 1974No. 26059PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lee
This appeal involves the application and constitutionality of the relocation payment provisions of the Urban Renewal Law, C.R.S. 1963, 139-62-1, et seq., and the Relocation Assistance and Land Acquisition Policies Act, 1971 Perm. Supp., C.R.S. 1963, 69-10-1, et seq.
Appellants sought to restrain the Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA) from further land acquisition activities in the Auraria urban renewal development, and to have declared unconstitutional sections of the statutes under which DURA was exercising its authority.
Appellants’ ex parte motion for a temporary restraining order was…
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