Allardice v. Adams County

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that revenue bonds do not create “debt” for purposes of article XI, section 1 of the Colorado Constitution
• statute authorizing counties to issue revenue bonds and lease agreement permitting county to sell agricultural feed plant to private developer not a donation
• statute authorizing counties to issue revenue bonds and lease agreement permitting county to sell agricultural feed plant to private developer not a donation
• “Public revenue bonds do not create debt if there is no pledge of private property.”
• the public purpose exception is well established and to be liberally construed
• where county issued bonds to fund construction of industrial facility, and redeemed them with revenue from lease of facility to manufacturer, no constitutional debt because county expressly disclaimed any liability to redeem bonds with money taken from the general fund

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Denver Urban Renewal Authority v. Byrne
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1980-10-27· cited 75×
• Lyman v. Town of Bow Mar
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1975-04-14· cited 56×
• In Re Interrogatories Propounded by the Senate Concerning House Bill 1078
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1975-05-29· cited 54×
• Nicholl v. E-470 Public Highway Authority
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1995-05-15· cited 48×
• Gude v. City of Lakewood
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1981-11-02· cited 45×
• State Ex Rel. Jardon v. Industrial Development Authority
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1978-09-12· cited 40×
• In Re Interrogatory Propounded by Governor Roy Romer on House Bill 91S-1005
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1991-07-11· cited 39×
• Colorado Ass'n of Public Employees v. Board of Regents
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1990-12-24· cited 31×
• Mesa Verde Co. v. Montezuma County Board of Equalization
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1995-04-24· cited 22×
• Clark v. City of Aurora
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-11-13· cited 17×
• City of Pueblo v. Weed
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1977-10-11· cited 7×
• Board of County Commissioners v. E-470 Public Highway Authority
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1994-10-11· cited 7×
• Todd Creek Village Metropolitan District v. Valley Bank & Trust Co.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2013-11-21· cited 2×
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  Colorado Attorney General Reports· 1983-01-25
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  Colorado Attorney General Reports· 1984-01-31
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  Colorado Attorney General Reports· 1983-12-21
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  Colorado Attorney General Reports· 1991-06-03
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  Colorado Attorney General Reports· 1992-01-31