Legal Opinion
Frontier Ditch Co. v. Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 11, 1988No. 87SA106PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Chief Justice.
This appeal requires us to determine whether Article VI of the Arkansas River Compact, § 37-69-101, 15 C.R.S. (1973), prohibits a Colorado water court from exercising jurisdiction over the Frontier Ditch Company’s application for a determination of a water right based on the Frontier Canal’s diversion of water in Colorado from tributaries of the Arkansas River for the purpose of irrigating lands located entirely in Kansas. The water court dismissed the application, holding that the Compact deprived it of jurisdiction to adjudicate the application. We affirm the judgment…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Kansas v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Coffin v. Left Hand Ditch Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1882
- Texas v. New MexicoSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Clark v. AllamanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905
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3Cited by8 opinions
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