COLORADO RIVER, ETC. v. CITY & CITY. OF DENVER

No. 80SA12.

640 P.2d 1139 (1982)

The COLORADO RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, the Middle Park Water Conservancy District, the City of Aspen, the Board of Commissioners of the County of Pitkin, the Basalt Water Conservancy District, the West Divide Water Conservancy District, and the Bluestone Water Conservancy District, Appellants, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, acting by and through its Board of Water-Commissioners, and Vidler Tunnel Water Co., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holland & Hart, John U. Carlson, Robert M. Pomeroy, Jr., Denver, for appellants Colorado River Water Conservation Dist., West Divide Water Conservancy Dist., Basalt Water Conservancy Dist., and Bluestone Water Conservancy Dist.

Baker & Cazier, Stanley W. Cazier, Granby, for appellant Middle Park Water Conservancy Dist.

Musick, Williamson, Schwartz, Leavenworth & Cope, P. C., Loyal E. Leavenworth, Glenwood Springs, for appellants City of Aspen and Board of Commissioners of the County of Pitkin.

Wayne D. Williams, Michael L. Walker, Denver, for appellee City and County of Denver, acting by and through its Board of Water Commissioners.

Holme, Roberts & Owen, Glenn E. Porzak, Denver, for appellee Vidler Tunnel Water Co.


HODGES, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court in and for Water Division No. 5 (water court). At issue are conditional water rights held by the Colorado River Water Conservation District (river district), which applied to the water court for quadrennial findings of reasonable diligence for the conditional water rights it held in connection with a number of proposed water projects. The appellees filed statements of opposition.

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