Legal Opinion
Johnston v. City Council
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 22, 1975No. 26602PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
In 1967 the city council of Greenwood Village (the council) passed an annexation resolution, which was later approved by an election. Thereafter the council passed an annexing ordinance. The whole procedure was upheld by the Arapahoe County district court.
On appeal we found that the council had passed the originating resolution without indicating its basis for finding that a certain tract of land — the Perry property — was a part of the city so as to complete the one-sixth contiguity requirement of the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965, 1965 Perm. Supp., C.R.S. 1963, 139-21-3(2).1…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Johnston v. City Council of Greenwood VillageSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
- Hubbell v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956
3Cited by4 opinions
- GERALNES BV v. City of Greenwood Village, Colo.District Court, D. Colorado · 1984
- Grandote Golf & Country Club, LLC v. Town of La VetaColorado Court of Appeals · 2011
- Torbit v. GriffithColorado Court of Appeals · 1976
- GERALNES BV v. City of Greenwood Village, Colo.District Court, D. Colorado · 1986