Legal Opinion
City & County of Denver ex rel. Board of Water Commissioners v. Snake River Water District
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided March 12, 1990No. 88SA365PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lohr
The City and County of Denver, acting by and through its Board of Water Commissioners (“Board”), appeals the judgment of the District Court, Water Division No. 5 (“water court”), denying the Board’s application for certain changes of water rights. The water court found that the water rights, historically used to generate electric power at a site later inundated by the waters of Dillon Reservoir, had been abandoned and therefore “canceled” them.1 We affirm.
At issue are water rights in three ditches, located in Summit County near the Dillon Dam and Reservoir, decreed for the sole beneficial use…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sieber v. FrinkSupreme Court of Colorado · 1883
- May v. United StatesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District v. Twin Lakes Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1989
- People ex rel. Danielson v. City of ThorntonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1989
- Hallenbeck v. Granby Ditch and Reservoir CompanySupreme Court of Colorado · 1966
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Public Utility District No. 1 v. Department of EcologyWashington Supreme Court · 2002
- Okanogan Wilderness League, Inc. v. Town of TwispWashington Supreme Court · 1997
- Haystack Ranch, LLC v. FazzioSupreme Court of Colorado · 2000
- Heavirland v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 2013
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