UNITED STATES of America, Appellant,
v.
Orlyn BELL, Water Division No. 5 Engineer; City and County of Denver; Public Service Company of Colorado; Colorado River Water Conservation District; John B. Scudder; Allen B. Phillips; Richard B. Farner; Frank Benton Land and Livestock Company; Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District; Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Company; Grand County Water & Sanitation District No. 1; City of Aspen; Mobil Oil Corporation; Water Supply & Storage Company; Joseph T. Zoline; Koppers Company, Inc.; Union Oil Company of California; Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District and Municipal Subdistrict; Frederick R. and Mary Benson Booth; Jack A. Oleson; and Exxon Corporation, Appellees.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 25, 1986.
August 25, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas H. Pacheco, Robert R. Klarquist, Edward J. Shawaker, Land and Natural Resources Div. U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., John R. Hill, Jr., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Denver, F. Henry Habicht, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., for U.S. of America.
John U. Carlson, Law Office of John Carlson, Denver, for Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Co.
Glenn E. Porzak, Holme Roberts & Owen, Boulder, for Exxon Corp.
Duane Woodard, Colorado Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Paula C. Phillips, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Carol D. Angel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for the State of Colo. and Orlyn Bell, Div. Engineer, Water Div. No. 5.
Wayne D. Williams, Michael L. Walker, and Glenn G. Saunders, Jack F. Ross, Saunders, Snyder, Ross & Dickson, P.C., Denver, for the City and County of Denver acting by and through its Board of Water Com'rs.
John D. Musick, Robert C. Kerr, Robert Wigington, Musick & Cope, Boulder, for the City of Aspen.
Kenneth Balcomb, Delaney & Balcomb, P.C., Glenwood Springs, for John B. Scudder, Allen B. Phillips, Richard B. Farner, Frank Benton Land & Livestock Co., Mobil Oil Corp., Joseph T. Zoline, Koppers Co., Inc., Frederick R. and Mary Benson Booth, Jack A. Oleson, and Exxon Corp.
Ward H. Fischer, Fischer, Brown, Huddleson & Gunn, Fort Collins, for Water Supply and Storage Co.
Howard Holme, Kevin B. Pratt, Fairfield & Woods, Denver, for Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy Dist.
Stanley W. Cazier, Baker, Cazier & McGowan, Granby, for Grand County Water and Sanitation Dist. No. 1.
Timothy J. Flanagan, Kelly, Stansfield & O'Donnell, Denver, for Public Service Co. of Colorado.
John M. Sayre, Robert V. Trout, Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Denver, for Northern Colorado Water Conservancy Dist. and Municipal Subdistrict, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy Dist.
Donald H. Hamburg, Glenwood Springs, for Colorado River Water Conservation Dist.
Charles N. Woodruff, James R. Montgomery, Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff, P.C., Boulder, for Union Oil Co. of California.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.
DUBOFSKY, Justice.
The United States of America appeals an order of the district court for Water Division No. 5 (water court), denying relation back of an amendment seeking reserved water rights from the Colorado River mainstem to the federal government's original application for reserved water rights in or on federal oil shale land.1 The water court ruled that the amendment to the original application did not relate back to the time ...
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