Legal Opinion
Protect Our Mountain Environment, Inc. v. District Court in & for the County of Jefferson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 21, 1984No. 83SA387PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Justice.
In this original proceeding the petitioners, Protect Our Mountain Environment, Inc., Howard Farrand, and William Lewis (collectively POME), challenge a ruling of the Jefferson County District Court denying their motion to dismiss a complaint for damages based on the torts of abuse of process and civil conspiracy filed against them by Gayno, Inc., and Lockport Corporation (collectively Gayno). The motion to dismiss was based on POME’s First Amendment right to petition the court for redress of grievances. After the respondent court denied POME’s motion, we issued a rule directing…
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