Adverse Possession
Boulder 2007-08
Timeline of the Case
Legal Documents & Decisions
McLean & Stevens v Kirlin, Docket Number 06CV982 (adverse possession order) (11/20/07)
Motion to Amend Judgment (11/20/07)
McLean & Stevens v Kirlin, Docket Number 06CV982 (corrected order) (12/15/07)
News Coverage of the Kirlin-McLean Dispute
Newspapers:
BDC Boulder Daily Camera
DP Denver Post
RMN Rockey Mountain News
GJS GRand Junction Sentinel
November 2007
BDC: Attorney Land-grab law not so obscure (11/10/07)
BDC: Couple will appeal adverse possession ruling (11/15/07)
BDC: Lawmakers attorneys take note of adverse posession case (11/17/07)
BDC: Stevens--Loser in property case disgruntled (11/17/07)
BDC: Picnic protest set for disputed Boulder property today (11/18/07)
BDC: Hard feelings on Hardscrabble Drive (11/19/07)
BDC: Critics of land grab push for legal ethics investigation (11/20/07)
ARC Letter to Kirlin (11/20/07)
BDC: State rejects legal ethics claim in land grab case (11/21/07)
DP: Oversight panel rejects probe in Boulder land fight (11/21/07)
BDC: Officials work on adverse possession law (11/22/07)
BDC: Paths never crossed in south Boulder land grab case (11/25/07)
Posted by Bigair on November 25
December 2007
BDC: 9 more inches denied (12/05/07)
GJS: Cases rooted in old law tried routinely (12/08/07)
GJS: Neighbors use centuries old law to try to acquire next door land (12/08/07)
BDC: Threat mailed to land victors (12/11/07)
BDC: Stevens -- Couple still have backers (12/12/07)
RMN: Talks fail in Boulder land grab experts back judges ruling (12/17/07)
BDC: McLean -- Mediation failed (12/17/08)
RMN: Boulder land battle hashed out in local radio interview (12/18/07)
DP: A search for some middle ground (12/19/07)
BDC: Stevens-Kirlins wanted $300K for access to lot (12/20/07)
RMN: Sides in land dispute disagree over pretrial settlement offers (12/21/07)
BDC: McLean-Stevens letter to neighbors (12/23/07)
BDC: Hylbert -- In defense of Judge Klein (12/23/07)
BDC: McLean Stevens claim hope for peace (12/23/07)
BDC: 6 Adverse possession case (12/27/07)
BDC: Ron Woelfel - Bar Association and Adverse Possession Case (12/28/07)
January 2008
BDC: Boulder bar chief defends judge (01/05/08)
BDC: Flowers--BCBA President--Comment on adverse possession case (01/06/08)
BDC: Song lyricist lampoons land dispute (01/06/08)
BDC: Kirlins file appeal in south Boulder property case (01/10/08)
BDC: Levy to co-sponsor adverse possession overhaul (01/12/08).doc
February 2008
March 2008
April 2008
BDC: Judge to revisit land grab case (04/02/08)
BDC: Judge in adverse possession case up for retention (04/03/08)
BDC: McLean Stevens deny path was recently fabricated (04/16/08)
May 2008
BDC: Response filed in south Boulder property dispute (05/01/08)
BDC: Judge McLean Stevens didnt fabricate evidence (05/05/08)
June 2008
BDC: Battle over adverse possession ruling continues (06/14/08)
BDC: Rally and protest scheduled over adverse possession law (06/26/08)
July 2008
BDC: Property rights group takes shape (07/02/08)
BDC: Boulder courts see influx of adverse possession cases (07/06/08)
BDC: Boulder rights rally draws dozens to protest land law (07/26/08)
August 2008
October 2008
November 2008
The State Legislature and Governor Get Involved
BDC: Lawmakers working on change to adverse possession law (11/22/07)
BDC: Legislators introduce adverse possession overhaul (01/17/08)
BDC: Levy's bill would curb judges (01/24/08)
BDC: Levy bill HB08-1193 (01/24/08)
BDC: Colo land grab bill advances (02/07/08)
BDC: Adverse possession bill clears Colo House (02/18/08)
BDC: Adverse possession bill set for final House vote (02/16/08)
BDC: Adverse possession bill set for Senate committee (03/04/08)
BDC: dverse possession bill headed for final votes (03/21/08)
BDC: Ritter receives adverse possession bill for approval (04/03/08)
BDC: Ritter signs judicial bill stemming from Boulder land grab case (04/15/08)
Images
The path on the Kirlin's property in November 2007
Kirlin's property one day after the McLean-Stevens lawsuit was filed
Editorials
BDC: Adverse persuasion -- If theres a need for reform unhinged critics arent proving it (11/16/07)
BDC: Land grab reform Yes (01/18/08)
RMN: Trespassers triumph (11/20/07)
DP: Legal land grab should be overturned on appeal (11/21/07)
Commentary
Greenlee: Trespassers have rights (11/04/07)
Carroll: A brazen pillar (11/16/07)
Harsanyi: Property right wrongly taken (11/19/07)
Lytle: Judge in land case followed the law (11/23/07)
Carroll: Scolding the public (12/04/07)
Rosen: Property rights and wrongs (12/07/07)
Thorburn: Of mice and men (12/23/07)
Greenlee: Our adverse possessions (02/24/08)
Greenlee: Adverse evidence (05/11/08)
A 2nd Boulder Case (June 2008)
BDC: Fencing off the issue (04/24/08)
BDC: Fence fight brews in Boulder (04/25/08)
BDC: New land grab case - Fence removal splits neighbors (06/11/08)
Salim v. Marshall court order (06/11/08)
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