Legal Opinion
Save Palisade Fruitlands v. Todd
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 7, 2002No. 00-1423PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Chief Judge.
Appellants Save Palisade FruitLands and three of its members brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, after the Mesa County Clerk, appellee Monika Todd, denied appellants’ request to place a land-use proposal on the ballot as a county-wide initiative. Appellants argued that Colorado law, which grants the power to initiate legislation to the electors of home rule counties, but not to those of statutory counties, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Federal Constitution. The United States District Court for the District of Colorado concluded that there was no denial…
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