Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. State Eng'r v. Sease
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 13, 2018No. 17SA130, PeoplePublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE SAMOUR delivered the Opinion of the Court.
*1207 ¶ 1 Who diverted water from Sheep Creek? The water court concluded Robert Gregg Sease did-in violation of a 2013 order, which forbade him to use out-of-priority water from Sheep Creek on his Saguache County property ("the Sease Ranch"). Thus, the water court found Sease in contempt of court and imposed both punitive and remedial sanctions on him.
¶ 2 Sease now seeks review of the water court's contempt order. He advances two arguments in this direct appeal. First, he contends that the water court had no basis to find that he owns the Sease…
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