WATER RIGHTS v. SEDALIA WATER & SAN. DIST.

Supreme Court Case No. 14SA12.

343 P.3d 16 (2015)

2015 CO 8

CONCERNING the APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS OF SEDALIA WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, Dick Wolfe, P.E. State Engineer, and David L. Nettles, P.E. Division Engineer, Water Division 1, Opposers-Appellants v. Sedalia Water and Sanitation District, Applicant-Appellee and Castle Pines Metropolitan District, Castle Pines North Metropolitan District, Centennial Water and Sanitation District, Ready Mixed Concrete Company, Town of Castle Rock, and United Water and Sanitation District, Opposers-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

February 9, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Opposers-Appellants State Engineer and Division Engineer for Water Division 1: Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Paul L. Benington , First Assistant Attorney General, Katherine A.D. Ryan , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Applicant-Appellee Sedalia Water and Sanitation District: Buchanan and Sperling, P.C., Eric R. Potyondy , John D. Buchanan , Arvada, Colorado.

Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee Centennial Water and Sanitation District: Gilbert Y. Marchand, Jr., P.C., Gilbert Y. Marchand, Jr. , Boulder, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District: Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, William B. Tourtillott , Brian M. Nazarenus , Sheela S. Stack , Susan M. Ryan , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae The Consolidated Mutual Water Company: Collins Cockrel & Cole, P.C., Evan D. Ela , Joseph W. Norris , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Greeley Irrigation Company: Dietze and Davis, P.C., Star L. Waring , Gabriella Sotckmayer , Boulder, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae City of Greeley, Acting by and Through Its Water and Sewer Board: Trout, Raley, Montano, Witwer and Freeman, P.C., James S. Witwer , Douglas M. Sinor , Denver, Colorado, Greeley City Attorney's Office, Andrew B. Nicewicz , Greeley, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, Groundwater Management Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, and Well Augmentation Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District: Lawrence Jones Custer Grasmick, LLP, Bradley C. Grasmick , Johnstown, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae The City of Thornton: White & Jankowski, LLP, Matthew L. Merril , David C. Taussig , Denver, Colorado, City of Thornton, Margaret A. Emerich , City Attorney, Joanne Herlihy , Assistant City Attorney, Thornton, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae City of Westminster: Carlson, Hammond & Paddock, LLC, Mary Mead Hammond , Lee H. Johnson , Mason H. Brown , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Coors Brewing Company: Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., Stephen H. Leonardt , Sarah M. Shechter , Courtney M. Shepard , Greenwood Village, Colorado, Molson Coors Brewing Company, Samuel Walker , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority and Eagle River Water and Sanitation District: Porzak Browning & Bushong LLP, Glenn E. Porzak , Karen L. Henderson , William D. Wombacher , Boulder Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae City of Northglenn: Fischer, Brown, Bartlett & Gunn, P.C., William R. Fischer , Donald E. Frick , Fort Collins, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae City of Aurora: Duncan, Ostrander & Dingess, P.C., Austin Hamre , Ryan P. McLane , John M. Dingess , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Cache La Poudre Water Users Water Association and Lower Latham Reservoir Company: Fischer, Brown, Bartlett & Gunn, P.C., Daniel K. Brown , Fort Collins, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae The City of Fountain, Colorado: Alperstein & Covell P.C., Andrea L. Benson , Cynthia F. Covell , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Upper South Platte Water Conservancy District: Lyons, Gaddis, Kahn, Hall, Jeffers, Dworak & Grant P.C., Madoline Wallace-Gross , Jeffrey J. Kahn , Longmont, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Center of Colorado Water Conservancy District: Felt, Monson & Culichia, L.L.C., James W. Culichia , Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae The Varra Companies: Petrock & Fendel, P.C., Frederick A. Fendel, III , Matthew S. Poznanovic , Denver, Colorado.

No appearance by or on behalf of: Castle Pines Metropolitan District, Castle Pines North Metropolitan District, Ready Mixed Concrete Company, Town of Castle Rock, and United Water and Sanitation District.

En Banc


¶ 1 This appeal concerns the historical beneficial consumptive use quantification of an 1872 irrigation right in a change of water right and augmentation plan proceeding involving water diverted from West Plum Creek in the South Platte River system, Water Division No. 1. Sedalia Water and Sanitation...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases