MATTER OF MAY

No. 86SA129.

756 P.2d 362 (1988)

In the Matter of the Water Rights of John M. MAY, Frances M. May, and Rock Creek Canyon Corporation in Rock Creek and Rock Creek Alluvium in El Paso County. John M. MAY, Frances May, and Rock Creek Canyon Corporation, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Rock Creek Park Association, and Division Engineer, Appellees, and Rock Creek Mesa Water District, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Clyde O. Martz, Gail L. Wurtzler, Denver, for appellants/cross-appellees.

F. Henry Habicht II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert L. Klarquist, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Robert N. Miller, U.S. Atty., John R. Hill, Dept. of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Div., Denver, for appellee U.S. of America.

Sherman & Howard, Gary L. Greer, G. Sonny Cave, Denver, for appellee Rock Creek Park Assn.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Wendy C. Weiss, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for appellee State Div. Engineer.

Fischer, Brown, Huddleson & Gunn, P.C., Ward H. Fischer, Stephen J. Jouard, Fort Collins, Evans and Briggs, Paul V. Evans, G. Scott Briggs, Colorado Springs, for appellee/cross-appellant Rock Creek Mesa Water Dist.


ERICKSON, Justice.

Appellants John and Frances May and Rock Creek Canyon Corporation applied in Water Division No. 2 for a conditional decree for storage of 462 acre-feet of water in a basin hydraulically separate from Rock Creek, the source of supply, and, in conjunction with a proposed change in use of water rights and plan of augmentation, a determination under section 37-92-305, 15 C.R.S. (1973 & 1984 Supp.), that proposed alterations in the use of water in...

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