Legal Opinion
McKenna v. Witte
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 6, 2015No. Supreme Court Case No. 13SA304PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boatright
T 1 In this direct appeal from a judgment of the water court, we consider the Applicants' challenge to the inclusion of three water rights on the 2010 abandonment list for Water Division Two. The Division Engineer placed the Applicants' three Sanchez Ditch water rights on the decennial abandonment list because the ditch had not diverted water for several decades. After a hearing in July 2018, the water court determined that the Sanchez Ditch water rights had not been applied to beneficial use for the statutory abandonment period and found that the Applicants had failed to rebut the resultant…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- People v. District Court, Second Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
- Coffin v. Left Hand Ditch Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1882
- Danielson v. Castle Meadows, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1990
- In the Interest of ClintonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- In re the Marriage of StroudSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
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