Legal Opinion
Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe v. United States
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 21, 1995No. 92SA68PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Erickson
The Board of County Commissioners for Arapahoe County (Arapahoe County), appeals from a judgment of the District Court, Water Division 4 (water court), dismissing Arapahoe County’s applications for conditional water rights decrees in the Gunnison Basin. We affirm the water court’s dismissal of the application for a conditional water rights decree that Arapahoe County purchased from the National Energy Resources Company (ÑECO). We reverse the water court’s dismissal of Arapahoe County’s application for a conditional water rights decree based upon a failure to prove water availability, and re*957man…
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