IN MATTER OF WATER RIGHTS

Supreme Court Case No. 14SA302

361 P.3d 392 (2015)

2015 CO 64

IN the MATTER OF WATER RIGHTS as applied for by Meridian Service Metropolitan District Meridian Service Metropolitan District, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ground Water Commission, a/k/a Colorado Ground Water Commission; Dick Wolfe in his capacity as the Colorado State Engineer and as ex officio Executive Director of the Ground Water Commission; Steven J. Witte in his capacity as Engineer for Water Division 2; Upper Black Squirrel Creek Ground Water Management District; Edna Farmer; Dan Farmer; Jerry Farmer; Joe Farmer, Jr.; Teresa Farmer; Farmer Pipeline Company, LLC; Cherokee Metropolitan District; Paint Brush Hills Metropolitan District; Woodmen Hills Metropolitan District; Wayne E. Booker; Frances Booker; and Staff of the Ground Water Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

November 16, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant: W.B. Schroeder Law Office, LLC, Wayne B. Schroeder , Boulder, Colorado.

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellee Ground Water Commission: Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Susan Schneider , First Assistant Attorney General, Derek L. Turner , Assistant Attorney General, Patrick E. Kowaleski , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee Upper Black Squirrel Creek Ground Water Management District: Trout, Raley, Montaño, Witwer & Freeman, P.C., Lisa M. Thompson , Douglas M. Sinor , April H. Killcreas , Denver, Colorado

Attorneys for Defendants-Appellees Edna Farmer; Dan Farmer; Jerry Farmer; Joe Farmer, Jr.; Teresa Farmer; and the Farmer Pipeline Company, LLC: MacDougall & Worldridge, P.C., Julianne Woldridge , Colorado Springs, Colorado

No appearance by or on behalf of: Dick Wolfe in his capacity as the Colorado State Engineer and as ex officio Executive Director of the Ground Water Commission; Steven J. Witte in his capacity as Engineer for Water Division 2; Cherokee Metropolitan District; Paint Brush Hills Metropolitan District; Woodmen Hills Metropolitan District; Wayne E. Booker ; and Frances Booker .

En Banc.


¶ 1 In this case, plaintiff-appellant Meridian Service Metropolitan District (Meridian) appeals the district court's order finding that Meridian sought to appropriate designated ground water that was subject to the jurisdiction of the Colorado Ground...

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