City of Denver v. Fulton Irrigating Ditch Co.

This is an appeal from the decision in a declaratory *51judgment action by the plaintiffs, City and County of Denver (Denver) and the Adolph Coors Company (Coors). At issue are questions of Denver’s rights in water obtained through transmountain diversions. These diversions are of water from the Colorado River basin, which naturally flows westerly from the west side of the Continental Divide to the Pacific Ocean. The waters are diverted to the South Platte River basin on the eastern side of the Continental Divide, the area in which Denver is located. The South Platte flows easterly, to the…