WELL CO. v. CHATFIELD EAST PROP. OWNERS

No. 97SA52.

956 P.2d 1260 (1998)

CHATFIELD EAST WELL COMPANY, LTD., Applicant-Appellant, v. CHATFIELD EAST PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION; The State and Division Engineers for Water Division No. 1; George McMakin; Ronald Ralph Martinez; Verna A. Pope; Valentine and Gloria Poljanec; Thomas G. Bettinger; Kenneth Stramel and Marcia Thomas-Stramel; Keith and Valerie A. Lehmann; Loye and Dawna Williams; Frederick S. Walz; John and Valorie Havercamp; David and Jennet White; Mitchell and Margaret Koppel; Richard and Kathleen Dunham; Gary and Marcia White; John and Sharon Tracey; Daniel and Holly Bohlen; Darvin and Joanne Robertson; J. Roy White; Kenneth Walter, Sr.; Paul and Mary Susan Gibboney; Gary and Donna L. Ross; Frank A. and Sally A. Moragas; Michael A. Gilsdorf; Al and Kay Johnstone; Donald G. and Alberta J. Macumber; David R. Weilage; Ivan R. Jones; John P. Gorzelanski; Jerald L. and Bette F. Cox; Susan Perez; Robert W. O'Brien; Merrilee S. Ellis; William Matthias, Jr.; Diana D. Davis; Phillip R. and Marjorie A. Kaspar; Terry L. and Linda M. Ohlsen; Gary L. McNee; Veryl and Margaret Moser; James P. and Leslee J. Masolotte; James Thompson; David G. Feldman; Anthony L. Zalatan; Harold Dale Slaughter, Jr.; Larry and Sandra Johnson; Joseph R. Manning; Vicky Christopher; John and Nancy Polak; Bud and Mary Lou McNemee; David and Rhonda Franklin; Larry and Noel McCain; Theresa W. Bayani; Donald N. Lascody; Centennial Water and Sanitation District; Linda and Arthur Seely; Louis and Mary Gross; Timothy and Joann Stover; Robert L. Jones; STM Mortgage Co.; Duane and Alice Dunn; James R. Hoagland; Ron Koch; Charles and Shirley Warren; Robert Kennedy; Roger and Carole Henning; James Craig McBride; Michael and Barbara L. Troxel; Rodney R. Green; Timothy and Cheryl Ludwig; Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company; Burlington Ditch Reservoir and Land Company; Brenda Winberg; Patrick H. Fieldman, and Michael R. Lingle, Objectors-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holly I. Holder, P.C., Holly I. Holder, Margaret O'Donnell, Petrock & Fendel, P.C., Frederick A. Fendel, III, Denver, for Applicant-Appellant.

White & Jankowski, David F. Jankowski, Austin C. Hamre, Denver, for Objector-Appellee Chatfield East Property Owners Association.

Grant, Bernard, Lyons & Gaddis, a Professional Corporation, Steven P. Jeffers, Longmont, for Objector-Appellee George T. McMakin.

Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff, P.C., David L. Harrison, Veronica A. Sperling, Gilbert Y. Marchand, Jr., Boulder, for Objector-Appellee Centennial Water & Sanitation District.

Gale Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Joseph C. Smith, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, Lee E. Miller, First Assistant Attorney General, Natural Resources Section, Denver, for Objector-Appellee State and Division Engineer, Water Division No. 1.


Justice HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This appeal is from an order of the District Court for Water Division 1 (water court) dismissing the application of the Chatfield East Well Company (Well Company) for a decree to extract and use 332 acre feet of ground water per year from the Arapahoe aquifer, one of the Denver Basin aquifers underlying the Chatfield East Subdivision (subdivision).1 The Well Company claims the water based...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases