Legal Opinion
Wolfe v. Jim Hutton Educational Foundation
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided March 16, 2015No. Supreme Court Case No. 14SA38PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hood
T1 In this case, the State and Division 1 Engineers ("Engineers") and Republican River Water Conservation District ("RRWCD") appeal the water court's decision concerning the Tip Jack water right. The Tip Jack water right was originally de-ereed to service the Tip Jack Ditch, which is part of a 4,000-aere ranch now owned and operated by the Jim Hutton Educational Foundation ("Foundation"). The Engineers added the Tip Jack water right to the 2010 Revised Decennial Abandonment List for Water Division One because they found that the Foundation had abandoned the water right. The Foundation…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Concerning the Matter of the Protest of the Jim Hutton Educational Foundation to Inclusion on the Revised Abandonment List of Water Rights in Yuma County: Wolfe, P.E. State Engineer v. Jim Hutton Educational FoundationSupreme Court of Colorado · 2015
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