Gude v. City of Lakewood

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• recognizing that plaintiffs may pierce the corporate veil of a nonprofit corporation
• finding that Colorado Constitution Article XI, Section 6, requires voter approval for a local government's creation of general obligation debt, i.e., debt that the municipality is obligated to pay from its tax revenues
• finding that Colorado Constitution Article XI, Section 6, requires voter approval for a local government’s creation of general obligation debt, i.e., debt that the municipality is obligated to pay from its tax revenues
• building authority's bond obligations secured by lien on the city hall, built to municipality's specifications
• to establish an alter ego, it must be shown that declining to pierce the veil would promote injustice or protect fraud
• city lease-purchase agreement using COPs to finance acquisition of municipal building

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