Amos v. Aspen Alps 123, LLC

38 The majority holds that unlawful bid rigging does not occur when all of the bidders in an ongoing foreclosure auction agree that "instead of 'bidding the property up further and further, they cease bidding against each other and buy the property jointly." Maj. op. at 16. I disagree with this holding because I believe that this anti-competitive scheme was intended to stop further bidding and thus constitutes an illegal bid rigging conspiracy in violation of section 6-4-106(1), C.R.S. (2011). Thus, I respectfully dissent from Part ILB of the majority's opinion. However, because I agree with…