The JIM HUTTON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Kevin REIN, in his capacity as the Colorado State Engineer; David Nettles, in his capacity as Division Engineer in and for Water Division No. 1, State of Colorado; Colorado Division of Water Resources; and Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife, Defendants-Appellees, and
Yuma County Water Authority Public Improvement District; Colorado Ground Water Commission; and Marks Butte, East Cheyenne, Frenchman, Sandhills, Central Yuma, Plains, W-Y, and Arikaree Ground Water Management Districts, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees and
Republican River Water Conservation District; City of Wray; City of Holyoke; Harvey Colglazier; Lazier, Inc.; Marjorie Colglazier Trust; Mariane U. Ortner; Timothy E. Ortner; Protect Our Local Community's Water, LLC; Saving Our Local Economy, LLC; the "North Well Owners"; Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.; Dirks Farms Ltd; Julie Dirks; David L. Dirks; Don Andrews; Myrna Andrews; Nathan Andrews; Happy Creek, Inc.; J&D Cattle, LLC; 4M Feeders, Inc.; May Brothers, Inc.; May Family Farms; 4M Feeders, LLC; May Acres, Inc.; Thomas R. May; James J. May; Steven D. Kramer; Kent E. Ficken; Carlyle James as Trustee of the Chester James Trust; Colorado Agriculture Preservation Association; Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners; and the City of Burlington, Defendants-Well Owners-Appellees.
Supreme Court of Colorado.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 21, 2018.
As Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 11, 2018.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant The Jim Hutton Educational Foundation, a Colorado non-profit corporation: Porzak Browning & Bushong LLP, Steven J. Bushong , Karen L. Henderson , Boulder, Colorado.
Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee Colorado Ground Water Commission: Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Chad M. Wallace , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Patrick E. Kowaleski , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.
Attorneys for Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees Marks Butte, Frenchman, Sandhills, Central Yuma, Plains, and Arikaree Ground Water Management Districts: Vranesh and Raisch, LLP, Eugene J. Riordan , Leila C. Behnampour , Boulder, Colorado.
Attorneys for Defendant-Well Owner-Appellee Republican River Water Conservation District: Hill & Robbins, P.C., David W. Robbins , Peter J. Ampe , Denver, Colorado.
Attorneys for Defendant-Well Owner-Appellee "North Well Owners": Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P., Russell J. Sprague , Kimbra L. Olin , Fort Collins, Colorado.
Attorneys for Defendant-Well Owner-Appellee Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.: Vranesh and Raisch, LLP, Aaron S. Ladd , Justine C. Beckstrom , Boulder, Colorado, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., Roger T. Williams , Westminster, Colorado.
Attorneys for Defendants-Well Owners-Appellees Don Andrews, Myrna Andrews, and Nathan Andrews: Vranesh and Raisch, LLP, Stuart B. Corbridge , Geoffrey M. Williamson , Boulder, Colorado.
Attorneys for Defendants-Well Owners-Appellees Happy Creek, Inc.; J&D Cattle, LLC; 4M Feeders, Inc.; May Brothers, Inc.; May Family Farms; 4M Feeders, LLC; May Acres, Inc.; Thomas R. May; and James J. May: Carlson, Hammond, and Paddock, LLC, William A. Paddock , Johanna Hamburger , Denver, Colorado.
Attorneys for Defendant-Well Owner-Appellee Colorado Agriculture Preservation Association: Lawrence Jones Custer Grasmick LLP, Bradley C. Grasmick , Curran A. Trick , Johnstown, Colorado.
Attorneys for Defendant-Well Owner-Appellee Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners: Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Virginia Sciabbarrasi , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.
Attorneys for Defendant-Well Owner-Appellee City of Burlington: Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., Stephen H. Leonhardt , Michael Y. Ley , Greenwood Village, Colorado.
No appearance by or on behalf of Kevin Rein; David Nettles; Colorado Division of Water Resources; Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife; East Cheyenne and W-Y Ground Water Management Districts; City of Wray; City of Holyoke; Harvey Colglazier; Lazier, Inc.; Marjorie Colglazier Trust; Mariane U. Ortner; Timothy E. Ortner; Protect Our Local Community's Water, LLC; Saving Our Local Economy, LLC; Dirks Farms Ltd; Julie Dirks; David L. Dirks; Steven D. Kramer; Kent E. Ficken; or Carlyle James as Trustee of the Chester James Trust.
En Banc.
JUSTICEBOATRIGHT delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 The Jim Hutton Foundation ("Foundation") owns surface-water rights in the Republican River Basin. It believes that permitted groundwater wells that people have begun to install in the underlying groundwater basin — the Northern High Plains Basin ("NHP Basin") — are not...
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