The City of Loveland is expanding its service area and plans to install a 12-inch water main across 100 acres of your land. A guy from the City showed up at your door on Thanksgiving Day to tell you that the water main was coming through to provide water service to the public and that the public right is superior to your land ownership rights. On the following Monday, you see the backhoe arrive to start digging a trench on your land. Analyze this fact pattern under Colorado takings law: 

A. What are the steps in a taking and has the City complied with those steps?

B. What are your rights as a landowner in a taking? Explain the legal source(s) of those rights.

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A Steps in a Taking and Compliance Under Colorado takings law a government entity seeking to condemn private property must generally follow a specific ... View the full answer