Tiffany Kavanaugh in her official capacity as Telluride Town Clerk; Lars D. Carlson; Annie K. Carlson; Mark A. Mitchell; Robert G. Efaw; Richard C. Stevens, Jr; Melody B. Stevens; Gregory Craig Simpson; Elizabeth B. Burk; Mark C. Quick; Lori S. Quick; Wells Management Trust Investments, LLC, a Texas limited liability company; Emil P. Sante; Pamela Sante; Butcher Creek Partners, LLC, a Texas limited liability company; Charles Parrish; Ashley Parrish; and 330 Telluride Condo, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company v. Telluride Locals Coalition Petitioners' Committee, Matthew Hintermeister; Ian Wilson; Daniel Aurand; and Brighton Properties, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company
Tiffany Kavanaugh in her official capacity as Telluride Town Clerk; Lars D. Carlson; Annie K. Carlson; Mark A. Mitchell; Robert G. Efaw; Richard C. Stevens, Jr; Melody B. Stevens; Gregory Craig Simpson; Elizabeth B. Burk; Mark C. Quick; Lori S. Quick; Wells Management Trust Investments, LLC, a Texas limited liability company; Emil P. Sante; Pamela Sante; Butcher Creek Partners, LLC, a Texas limited liability company; Charles Parrish; Ashley Parrish; and 330 Telluride Condo, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company v. Telluride Locals Coalition Petitioners' Committee, Matthew Hintermeister; Ian Wilson; Daniel Aurand; and Brighton Properties, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company
Opinion
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Tiffany Kavanaugh in her official capacity as Telluride Town Clerk; Lars D. Carlson; Annie K. Carlson; Mark A. Mitchell; Robert G. Efaw; Richard C. Stevens, Jr; Melody B. Stevens; Gregory Craig Simpson; Elizabeth B. Burk; Mark C. Quick; Lori S. Quick; Wells Management Trust Investments, LLC, a Texas limited liability company; Emil P. Sante; Pamela Sante; Butcher Creek Partners, LLC, a Texas limited liability company; Charles Parrish; Ashley Parrish; and 330 Telluride Condo, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, Petitioners
v.
Telluride Locals Coalition Petitioners' Committee, Matthew Hintermeister; Ian Wilson; Daniel Aurand; and Brighton Properties, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, Respondents
No. 24SC522
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc
June 30, 2025
Court of Appeals Case No. 23CA1035
Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED.
Whether the court of appeals correctly applied this court's opinion in Vagneur v. City of Aspen, 295 P.3d 493 (Colo. 2013), where the court held that government land use decisions subject to complex or specialized expertise are not ordinarily subject to the power of citizen initiatives.
Whether Colorado's Planned Unit Development Act of 1972, sections 24-67-101 to -108, C.R.S. (2024) ("PUD Act"), which delegates regulation of planned unit developments to municipalities, can be overridden by the power of initiative.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.