Legal Opinion
Department of Transportation v. Stapleton
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 13, 2004No. 03SC616PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rice
The Petitioners, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County (the “County”), seek review of the court of appeals’ decision that they each lack statutory authority to condemn property owned by the Respondent, Craig R. Stapleton. Because we find that CDOT has the necessarily implied statutory authority to condemn the property at issue, we reverse.
I. Facts and Proceedings Below
This case arises out of a condemnation action in which the trial court awarded the Petitioners immediate possession of property owned by the Respondent and…
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