BURLINGTON DITCH RESERVOIR AND LAND COMPANY v. METRO WASTEWATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT

Case No. 09SA133.

Burlington Ditch Reservoir and Land Company; Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company; United Water and Sanitation District; Henrylyn Irrigation District; and East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District, Applicant-Appellants, and City of Thornton; City of Brighton; and City and County of Denver, acting by and through its Board of Water Commissioners, Opposers-Appellants, City of Englewood, Opposer-Appellant/Opposer-Appellee, v. Metro Wastewater Reclamation District; Public Service Company of Colorado, d/b/a Xcel Energy, Inc.; Town of Lochbuie; Platte Valley Irrigation Company; City of Aurora; Golf Course Heritage Todd Creek; Todd Creek Farms Metro District; Centennial Water & Sanitation District; City of Boulder; Harmony Ditch Company; Irrigationists' Association; State Board of Land Commissioners; Colorado Division of Wildlife; City of Black Hawk; City and County of Broomfield; Lower Latham Reservoir Company; Aggregate Industries-WCR, Inc.; Albert Frei & Sons, Inc.; Henderson Aggregate, Ltd.; HP Farms, Inc.; PV Water Holdings, LLC; Adams County Board of Commissioners; Riverside Irrigation District; Riverside Land Company; Brighton Ditch Company; Parker Water and Sanitation District; Platteville Irrigating & Milling Company; Central Colorado Water Conservancy District; South Adams County Water & Sanitation District; Rangeview Metropolitan District; Equus Farms, Inc.; State Water Engineer; Fulton Irrigation Ditch Company; City of Greeley; Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District; Bijou Irrigation District; City of Commerce City; David DeChant; Consolidated Ditches Company of District No. 2; City of Sterling; and Arapahoe County Water & Wastewater, Opposers-Appellees. James Hall, Division Engineer for Water Division No. 1. Appellee Pursuant to C.A.R. 1(e).

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Akolt & Akolt, LLC., John P. Akolt, III , John C. Akolt , Brighton, Colorado, Dietze and Davis, P.C., Star L. Waring , Boulder, Colorado, Attorneys for Applicant-Appellant Burlington Ditch, Reservoir and Land Company and Applicant-Appellant Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company.

The Law Office of Tod J. Smith, Tod J. Smith , Boulder, Colorado, Attorneys for Applicant-Appellant the United Water and Sanitation District.

Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, William B. Tourtillott , Brian M. Nazarenus , Susan M. Curtis , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Applicant-Appellant East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District.

Law Offices of Steven L. Janssen, Steven L. Janssen , Boulder, Colorado, Attorneys for Applicant-Appellant the Henrylyn Irrigation District.

White & Jankowski, LLP, William A. Hillhouse II , David F. Jankowski , Alan E. Curtis, Denver, Colorado, Margaret A. Emerich , Dennis A. Hanson , Thornton, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellant City of Thornton

Fischer, Brown, Bartlett & Gunn, P.C., Brent Bartlett , William R. Fischer , Daniel K. Brown , Fort Collins, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellant City of Brighton.

Patricia L. Wells , Casey S. Funk , Daniel J. Arnold , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellant, City and County of Denver, acting by and through its Board of Water Commissioners.

Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP, David G. Hill , Jon N. Banashek , Heidi C. Potter , Boulder, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellant/Opposer-Appellee City of Englewood.

Balcomb & Green P.C., David C. Hallford , Sara M. Dunn , Scott A. Grosscup , Glenwood Springs, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee Public Service Company of Colorado d/b/a Xcel Energy, Inc.

Lyons Gaddis Kahn & Hall, PC, Steven P. Jeffers , Matthew Machado , Longmont, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee Town of Lochbuie.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Steven O. Sims , Adam T. DeVoe , Bret A. Fox , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee City of Aurora.

Harvey W. Curtis & Associates, Harvey W. Curtis , David L. Kueter , Sheela S. Stack , Englewood, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee City and County of Broomfield.

Lawrence, Jones, Custer & Grasmick, LLP, Bradley C. Grasmick , Kim R. Lawrence , Windsor, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee Central Colorado Water Conservancy District.

Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff, P.C., Richard J. Mehren , William M. Stenzel , Boulder, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee South Adams County Water and Sanitation District.

John W. Suthers , Attorney General, Chad M. Wallace , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee State Engineer and Division Engineer.

Waggener & Foster, LLP, Richard M. Foster , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Agricultural Ditch and Reservoir Company and Golden Canal and Reservoir Company.

Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff, P.C., Richard J. Mehren , Boulder, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Conejos Water Conservancy District.

Lyons Gaddis Kahn & Hall, P.C., Jeffrey J. Kahn , Scott E. Holwick , Longmont, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Ditch and Reservoir Company Alliance, Highland Ditch Company, Lake Canal Reservoir Company, Greeley and Loveland Irrigation Company, St. Vrain & Left Hand Water Conservancy District, and Water Users Association of District No. 6.

Fischer, Brown, Bartlett & Gunn, P.C., Daniel K. Brown , Donald E. Frick , Fort Collins, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Cache la Poudre Water Users Association and La Poudre Water Users Association.

Carlson, Hammond & Paddock, LLC, William A. Paddock , Beth Ann J. Parsons , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Rio Grande Water Users Association.

Bratton Hill Wilderson & Lock LLC, John R. Hill, Jr. , Rufus O. Wilderson , Gunnison, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District.

Carlson, Hammond & Paddock, LLC, Mary Mead Hammond , Lee H. Johnson , Beth Ann J. Parsons , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae City of Westminster.

Hill & Robbins, P.C., David W. Robbins , Ingrid C. Barrier , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Rio Grande Water Conservation District.


JUSTICE HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this appeal from a judgment of the District Court for Water Division No. 1, applicant-appellants, Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company ("FRICO"), Burlington Ditch, Reservoir and Land Company ("Burlington"), Henrylyn Irrigation District ("Henrylyn") collectively "Companies" and the United Water and Sanitation District ("United"), and East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District ("ECCV") challenge the...

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