DENVER v. CONSOLIDATED DITCHES CO.

No. 89SA345.

807 P.2d 23 (1991)

The CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, Acting By and Through Its BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS, and the City and County of Denver, acting By and Through Its Department of Parks and Recreation, Applicant-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. CONSOLIDATED DITCHES COMPANY OF DISTRICT NO. 2, and the City of Englewood, Opposer-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and The City of Thornton, acting By and Through Its Utilities Board, South Adams County Water and Sanitation District, North Fork Associates, Arapahoe Water and Sanitation District, the Union Ditch Company, the Godfrey Ditch Company, the Lower Latham Ditch Company, the Burlington Ditch, Land and Reservoir Company, the City of Lakewood, the State Engineer and the Division Engineer, Water Division No. 1, Opposers-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing March 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne D. Williams, Michael L. Walker, Henry C. Teigen and Casey S. Funk, Denver, for applicant-appellant City and County of Denver, acting by and through its Bd. of Water Com'rs and its Dept. of Parks and Recreation.

Patricia L. Wells, City Atty., Denver, for applicant City and County of Denver, acting by and through its Department of Parks and Recreation.

Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Bennett W. Raley, Max A. Minnig, Jr. and Alison L. Taylor, Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spaanstra, P.C., William A. Hillhouse, II, Denver, for Consol. Ditches Co. of Dist. No. 2.

Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., and Bradley W. Cameron, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for the State and Div. Engineer, Water Div. No. 1.


Justice QUINN delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This appeal is a sequel to our decision in City and County of Denver v. Fulton Irrigating Ditch Co., 179 Colo. 47, 506 P.2d 144 (1972), which involved a 1940 agreement between the City and County of Denver, acting by and through its Board of Water Commissioners, and several ditch companies using water in the South Platte River Basin. Under the 1940 agreement, Denver agreed to...

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