United States Tenth Circuit

Dismissal of 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims, arising from a town's approval of a plan to construct an electrical transmission line through plaintiff's property, is affirmed as plaintiff did not have a protected property interest.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/10/2003
• Published 02/10/2003

Judges

• OBERDORFER, District Judge., Before HENRY and McKAY, Circuit Judges, and OBERDORFER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John P. Baker of Shughart, Thompson & Kilroy, P.C., (Jennifer A. Schaffner of Shughart, Thompson & Kilroy, P.C., Denver, CO;  and Susan C. Hascall of Shughart, Thompson & Kilroy, P.C., Overland Park, KS, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Corey Y. Hoffmann of Hayes, Phillips, Hoffmann & Carberry, P.C., (Jennifer C. Madsen of Hayes, Phillips, Hoffmann & Carberry, P.C., Denver, CO, with him on the briefs), for Defendant-Appellee Town of Parker., Patrick B. Mooney of Semple, Miller & Mooney, P.C., (Wendy J. Shea of Semple, Miller & Mooney, P.C., Denver, CO, with him on the briefs), for Defendant-Appellee Intermountain Rural Electric Association.