Legal Opinion
Colorado River Water Conservation District v. City & County of Denver Ex Rel. Board of Water Commissioners
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 8, 1982No. 80SA12PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court in and for Water Division No. 5 (water court). At issue are conditional water rights held by the Colorado River Water Conservation District (river district), which applied to the water court for quadrennial findings of reasonable diligence for the conditional water rights it held in connection with a number of proposed water projects. The appellees filed statements of opposition.
Appellant river district, together with the other appellants 1 who claim an interest in these conditional water rights, seek reversal of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- City & County of Denver v. Northern Colorado Water Conservancy DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1955
- Metropolitan Suburban Water Users Ass'n v. Colorado River Water Conservation DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1961
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1970
- Conley v. DyebSupreme Court of Colorado · 1908
- Baca Irrigating Ditch Co. v. Model Land & Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1927
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3Cited by18 opinions
- City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1996
- May v. United StatesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- City & County of Denver Ex Rel. Board of Water Commissioners v. Consolidated Ditches Co. of District No. 2Supreme Court of Colorado · 1991
- Municipal Subdistrict, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District v. Oxy USA, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1999
- Public Service Co. of Colorado v. Blue River Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1988
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