Legal Opinion

Carousel Farms Metro. Dist. v. Woodcrest Homes, Inc.

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided November 30, 2017No. Court of Appeals No. 15CA1956Published

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by JUDGE HARRIS

¶ 1 Appellant, Woodcrest Homes, Inc., owned a .65-acre parcel of land (referred to as Parcel C) outside the Town of Parker. Century Communities, Inc., and its subsidiaries (collectively, the Developer) acquired the parcels to the north and south of Parcel C, with a plan to create a development-Carousel Farms-comprising all three parcels. Under its agreement with the Town, the Developer could not move forward with its development plan until it acquired Woodcrest's land.

¶ 2 Woodcrest, though, declined to sell Parcel C for the price offered. So the Developer threatened to…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Kelo v. City of New LondonSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  2. Thompson v. Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  3. Thornton Development Authority v. UpahDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1986
  4. Denver West Metropolitan District v. GeudnerColorado Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. Trask v. NoziskoColorado Court of Appeals · 2006

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