Left Hand Ditch Co. v. Hill

We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals’ decision in Hill v. Behrmann, 911 P.2d 679 (Colo.App.1995), to determine whether shareholders in a mutual ditch company have either a statutory or common law right to inspect the ditch company’s shareholder list. 1 The trial court held that the shareholders were not entitled to inspect the ditch company’s shareholder list and granted the ditch company’s C.R.C.P. 12(b)(5) motion to dismiss. The court of appeals held that the shareholders could inspect the ditch company’s shareholder list pursuant to the Colorado Corporation Code, §§ 7-1-101…