Charles L. CAMPBELL, Harry C. Talbott, Ronald R. Crist, William R. Emblad, and Gary Crist, Plaintiffs,
v.
ORCHARD MESA IRRIGATION DISTRICT; Mutual Mesa Lateral Enterprise; Farm Services Administration (formerly Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture; the Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly Soil Conservation Service), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture; and the Colorado Water Conservation Board, an agency of the State of Colorado, Defendants.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 14, 1998.
September 14, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bailey, Harring & Peterson, A Professional Corporation, James S. Bailey, Jr., Randall M. Livingston, Denver, for Plaintiffs.
Dufford, Waldeck, Milburn & Krohn, LLP, William H.T. Frey, Flint B. Ogle, Grand Junction, for Orchard Mesa Irrigation District and Mutual Mesa Lateral Enterprise.
Henry L. Solano, United States Attorney, Robert D. Clark, Assistant United States Attorney, Denver, for Farm Services Administration and Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Joseph C. Smith, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, Lee E. Miller, First Assistant Attorney General, Linda J. Bassi, Assistant Attorney General, Natural Resources Section, Denver, for Colorado Water Conservation Board.
David W. Broadwell, Denver, Amicus Curiae for Colorado Municipal League.
Leavenworth & Tester, P.C., Loyal E. Leavenworth, Glenwood Springs, Amicus Curiae for City of Rifle. Amicus Curiae for Midvalley Metropolitan District.
David Hallford, Glenwood Springs, Leavenworth & Tester, P.C., Loyal E. Leavenworth, Glenwood Springs, Amicus Curiae for Colorado River Water Conservation District.
Williams Turner & Holmes, Mark Hermundstad, Grand Junction, Amicus Curiae for Ute Water Conservancy District.
Maynes, Bradford, Shipps & Sheftel, Janice C. Sheftel, Durango, Amicus Curiae for Dolores Water Conservancy District.
Fairfield and Woods, P.C., Stephen H. Leonhardt, Ilona L. Dotterrer, Denver, Amicus Curiae for Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District.
Ken Baker, P.C., Kenneth A. Baker, Salida, Amicus Curiae for Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District.
Peterson, Fonda, Farley, Mattoon, Crockenberg & Garcia, P.C., William F. Mattoon, Pueblo, Amicus Curiae for Board of Water Works of Pueblo, Colorado.
Felt, Houghton and Monson, LLC, Steven T. Monson, Colorado Springs, Amicus Curiae for Security Water & Sanitation Districts.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.
Justice BENDER delivered the Opinion of the Court.
We agreed to answer three questions certified by the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (district court) concerning claims relating to the formation and funding of a water activity enterprise.1 We hold that an irrigation district is not a "district" for purposes of Article X, Section 20 (Amendment 1) of the Colorado Constitution because it is not a local governmental...
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