ASPEN WILDERNESS WORKSHOP v. COLO. WATER

No. 93SC740.

901 P.2d 1251 (1995)

ASPEN WILDERNESS WORKSHOP, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation, Petitioner, v. The COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD, an agency of the State of Colorado; Robert Tyler Martineau, Leo M. Eisel, David L. Harrison, Robert A. Jackson, James S. Lochhead, David E. Meyring, Janice C. Sheftel, David H. Smith, and Raymond B. Wright, individual members of the Colorado Water Conservation Board; and Aspen Skiing Company, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maynes, Bradford, Shipps & Sheftel, Frank E. "Sam" Maynes, Thomas H. Shipps, Durango, for amicus curiae Southwestern Water Conservation District.

Hobbs, Trout & Raley, P.C., Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr., Bennett W. Raley, Denver, for amicus curiae Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District and its Municipal Subdistrict.

Fairfield and Woods, P.C., Howard Holme, Stephen H. Leonhardt, Brent A. Waite, Denver, for amicus curiae Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District.

Kenneth A. Baker, P.C., Kenneth A. Baker, Salida, for amicus curiae Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District.

Anderson, Gianunzio, Dude, Pifher & Lebel, P.C., Mark T. Pifher, Colorado Springs, for amicus curiae City of Colorado Springs.

Marjorie A. Miller, Grand Junction, for amicus curiae High Country Citizens' Alliance, Inc.

No appearance on behalf of respondents Robert Tyler Martineau, Leo M. Eisel, David L. Harrison, Robert A. Jackson, James S. Lochhead, David E. Meyring, Janice C. Sheftel, David H. Smith, and Raymond B. Wright, individual members of the Colorado Water Conservation Board.

Harding & Ogborn, Kevin M. Ward, Jane E. Lien, Denver, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Lori Potter, Denver, for petitioner.

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Stephen K. ErkenBrack, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Timothy M. Tymkovich, Solicitor General, Patricia S. Bangert, Deputy Attorney General, Jennifer L. Gimbel, First Assistant Attorney General, Steven O. Sims, Assistant Attorney General, Natural Resources Section, Denver, for respondent Colorado Water Conservation Board.

Arnold & Porter, David S. Neslin, Lewis A. Steverson, Denver, for respondent Aspen Skiing Company, Inc.


Justice SCOTT delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Justice MULLARKEY dissents, and Chief Justice VOLLACK joins in the dissent.1

We granted certiorari before judgment of the court of appeals in Aspen Wilderness Workshop, Inc. v. Colorado Water Conservation Board, No. 92-CV-6091 (Denver Dist. Ct., July 2, 1993), pursuant to C.A.R. 50 to review the judgment of the Denver District...

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