UPPER GUNNISON RIVER v. COUNTY COM'RS

No. 91SA324.

841 P.2d 1061 (1992)

UPPER GUNNISON RIVER WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, Applicant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF the COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, Colorado, Objector-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, and Keith Kepler, Division Engineer, Water Division 4, Appellee Pursuant to C.A.R. 1(e).

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams, Turner & Holmes, P.C., Anthony W. Williams, Grand Junction, Bratton & Associates, L. Richard Bratton, John H. McClow, Gunnison, for applicant-appellant/cross-appellee Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy Dist.

Vranesh and Raisch, John R. Henderson, Paul J. Zilis, Brian M. Nazarenus, Boulder, for objector-appellee/cross-appellant Bd. of County Com'rs of the County of Arapahoe, Colo.

Krassa, Lindholm, Kumli & Madsen, Robert F.T. Krassa, Boulder, Sp. Counsel for objector-appellee/cross-appellant Bd. of County Com'rs of the County of Arapahoe, Colo.

Saunders, Snyder, Ross & Dickson, P.C., Christopher R. Paulson, Ann E. Mesmer, Deborah L. Freeman, Denver, for amicus curiae The "Consortium": Chevron Shale Oil Co., Rio Blanco Oil Shale Co., Getty Oil Exploration Co., Marathon Oil Co., Union Oil Co. of California d/b/a Unocal, Shell Western E & P Inc., and The New Paraho Corp.

Donald H. Hamburg, Glenwood Springs, for amicus curiae Colorado River Water Conservation Dist.


Justice VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District (Conservancy District) appeals from an order of the District Court for Water Division 4 (water court), and the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Arapahoe (Arapahoe County), cross-appeals. The water court ruled, pursuant to section 37-92-301, 15 C.R.S. (1990) (the 1990 statute), that the Conservancy District had demonstrated diligence with respect to...

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