Coloradoâs independent redistricting commissions have hired attorneys days before a crucial legal deadline in a fast-moving state supreme court case that could alter the once-in-a-decade political map drawing process.
Hiring lawyers who will advise the commissions and represent them in legal matters, like the one now headed to the state high court, comes just in time to formulate and articulate the legislative and congressional redistricting commissionsâ positions on a proposed fix for the problems posed by delayed census data, with a deadline for written briefs this Thursday.
The proposed fix, laid out in legislation quickly advanced by state lawmakers, would instruct the two commissions to use survey data and estimates to draw preliminary maps without any delay, even though the more precise decennial census data is delayed months this year due to the global pandemic coronavirus.
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The Docket: Real estate lawsuit roundup for 4.8.21
Adams District Court
Lennar Colorado, LLC and Stratus Amber Creek, LLC v. Amber Creek Metropolitan District, a quasi-municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Colorado
Plaintiffs says the District agreed to reimburse Lennar and Stratus for the costs incurred in constructing public infrastructure improvements for Amber Creek subdivision, and to pay plaintiffs the fees the District collected from residential and non-residential property permits. Plaintiffs say despite clear contractual obligations, the District has refused to reimburse millions of dollars in costs and fees. Lennar seeks compensatory damages of not less than $2,491,480.06, and Stratus, no less than $1,492,932.14.