PEOPLE OF CITY OF LAKEWOOD, ETC. v. Haase

The respondents were acting as agents of the Bear Creek Water and Sanitation District (“District”). They were charged in a Lakewood municipal court with working in a public street of the City of Lakewood without first obtaining a permit. That court found that, in light of the statutory powers granted the District, the City had no authority to require the District to obtain a permit to effect a street cut to repair the District’s water lines; and it granted a motion to dismiss at the conclusion of the evidence. The district court affirmed the municipal court. We granted certiorari and now…