Legal Opinion
Colorado River Water Conservation District v. Colorado Water Conservation Board
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 1, 1979No. 28407PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Groves
This case involves three applications by the Colorado Water Conservation Board (Colorado Water Board) for minimum stream flow rights under an act commonly referred to as Senate Bill 97,1 enacted by the General Assembly in 1973.2 The Colorado River Water Conservation District and the Southwestern Water Conservation District (the Districts) objected. The water judge entered decrees as requested in the applications. The Districts appealed. We affirm.
The first three sections of Senate Bill 97, as they appear in Colo. Sess. Laws 1973, ch. 442, at 1521 and 1522, read as follows:3 “Section 1.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Coffin v. Left Hand Ditch Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1882
- Fellhauer v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1968
- City & County of Denver v. Northern Colorado Water Conservancy DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1955
- City of Colorado Springs v. District CourtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974
- Swisher v. BrownSupreme Court of Colorado · 1965
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. AdairCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Colorado Auto & Truck Wreckers Ass'n v. Department of RevenueSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
- Allstate Products Co. v. Colorado Department of Labor & EmploymentColorado Court of Appeals · 1989
- United States v. Ben AdairCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Colorado-Ute Electric Ass'n v. Air Pollution Control Commission of the Colorado Department of HealthColorado Court of Appeals · 1982
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