Legal Opinion
City of Westminster v. City of Broomfield
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 21, 1989No. 86SA325PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRSHBAUM, Justice.
The City of Westminster (Westminster) and the City of Thornton (Thornton) appeal a portion of a decree entered by the water court for Water Division No. 1 approving an application filed by the City of Broom-field (Broomfield) for a change in use of water rights for 292.776 inches of water in the Church Ditch, including three inches of water which are the subject of this dispute.1 They assert that Broomfield does not own those three inches of water. We affirm.
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The three inches of water in dispute are part of several water rights previously decreed to the Church Ditch.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wheeler v. Northern Colorado Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1887
- Combs v. Agricultural Ditch Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1892
- City of Denver v. BrownSupreme Court of Colorado · 1913
- Northern Colorado Irrigation Co. v. RichardsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1896
- City and County of Denver v. MillerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1962
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3Cited by2 opinions
- High Plains A & M, LLC v. Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005
- City of Westminster v. City of BroomfieldSupreme Court of Colorado · 1989