Legal Opinion
City and County of Denver v. Qwest Corp.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 26, 2001No. 99SA219PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Coats
The City and County of Denver appeals from the judgment of the Denver District Court granting declaratory relief for the plaintiff-telecommunications companies and dismissing Denver's inverse condemnation counterclaim in an action to declare invalid sections 10.5-1-10.5-41 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code. Because key provisions of the city ordinance conflict with a state statute regarding a matter of mixed state and local concern and the statute is not itself unconstitutional or invalid for any of the reasons asserted by Denver, the district court did not err in finding the ordinance…
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