Legal Opinion

Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District v. Trout Unlimited

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided November 23, 2009No. 08SA354PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hobbs

In this appeal, we review the conditional water right judgment and decree the District Court for Water Division No. 7 entered on remand from our decision in Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District v. Trout Unlimited ("Pagosa I"), 170 P.3d 307 (Colo.2007). Trout Unlimited contends that the applicant districts, Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District and the San Juan Water Conservancy District (collectively "Districts"), have failed to meet their burden of demonstrating that the conditionally-decreed amounts of water in the remand decree are reasonably necessary to serve their reasonably…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1996
  2. Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe v. United StatesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1995
  3. Bennett Bear Creek Farm Water & Sanitation District v. City & County of Denver Ex Rel. Board of Water CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1996
  4. Board of County Commissioners v. Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
  5. Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District v. Trout UnlimitedSupreme Court of Colorado · 2007

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. South Fork Water & Sanitation District v. Town of South ForkSupreme Court of Colorado · 2011
  2. City & County of Broomfield v. Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 2010
  3. Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District v. Dequine Family L.L.C.Supreme Court of Colorado · 2011
  4. Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District v. WolfeSupreme Court of Colorado · 2011
  5. Concerning the Application for Water Rights v. Raftopoulos Bros.Supreme Court of Colorado · 2013

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