Legal Opinion
United States v. City & County of Denver Ex Rel. Board of Water Commissioners
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 29, 1982No. 79SA99, 79SA100PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSON, Justice.
In these consolidated appeals by the City and County of Denver, acting by and through its Board of Water Commissioners (Denver), and the United States of America (United States or federal government), we must determine whether the federal government has any reserved water rights incident to its reservation of certain lands for forest, national monument, or other purposes in Water Divisions 4, 5, or 6 in western Colorado; and, if so, whether the decrees entered in the District Courts in and for Water Divisions 4, 5, and 6 (water court) correctly determined the extent of the…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Shively v. BowlbySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Utah Power & Light Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Minnesota v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- State v. Southwestern Colorado Water Conservation DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
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