Bamford v. Upper Republican Natural Resources District

In these two cases which were consolidated for briefing and argument in this court, the plaintiffs-appellants, Gregory L. Bamford, Bamford Partnership, Dan Adler, and Robin Roth, sought to prevent the enforcement of a cease and desist order issued by defendant-appellee, Upper Republican Natural Resources District (URNRD). URNRD issued its cease and desist order on March 12,1992, to prevent the appellants from withdrawing ground water from nine wells until the issuance of an additional allocation permitting further withdrawals. In response, on March 26, 1992, the appellants filed a petition in…