COORS BREWING CO. v. CITY OF GOLDEN

Supreme Court Case No. 17SA55.

420 P.3d 977 (2018)

2018 CO 63

Concerning the Application for Amendment to Plans for Augmentation of Coors Brewing Company, in Jefferson, Adams, and Weld Counties. COORS BREWING COMPANY, Applicant-Appellant, and City of Thornton, Opposer-Appellant, v. CITY OF GOLDEN, Centennial Water and Sanitation District, City and County of Denver, City of Arvada, City of Black Hawk, City of Northglenn, City of Westminster, Climax Molybdenum Company, Farmers High Line Canal and Reservoir Co., FRICO, Public Service Company of Colorado, State and Division Engineers, and Town of Georgetown, Opposers-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

June 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Applicant-Appellant: Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., Stephen H. Leonhardt , Courtney M. Shephard , Morgan L. Figuers , Greenwood Village, Colorado, Naomi M. Baez , Amos, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Opposer-Appellant: Hoskin Farina & Kampf, Professional Corporation, William A. Hillhouse II , John P. Justus , Grand Junction, Colorado.

Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee City of Golden: Porzak Browning & Bushong LLP, Glenn E. Porzak , Steven J. Bushong , Boulder, Colorado.

Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee City of Arvada: Lyons Gaddis Kahn Hall Jeffers Dworak & Grant PC, Steven P. Jeffers , Madoline Wallace-Gross , Louisville, Colorado.

Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee City of Westminster: Carlson, Hammond & Paddock, LLC, Lee H. Johnson , Mason H. Brown , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee State and Division Engineers: Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Paul L. Benington , First Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey N. Candrian , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Central Colorado Water Conservancy District: Lawrence Jones Custer Grasmick, LLP, Bradley C. Grasmick , Wesley S. Knoll , Johnstown, Colorado.

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

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Todd Creek Village Metropolitan District and Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Wayne F. Forman , Denver, Colorado.

No appearance by or on behalf of Centennial Water and Sanitation District, City and County of Denver, City of Black Hawk, City of Northglenn, Climax Molybdenum Company, Farmers High Line Canal and Reservoir Co., FRICO, Public Service Company of Colorado, or Town of Georgetown.

En Banc.


¶ 1 This case concerns Coors Brewing Company's application to amend its decreed augmentation plans to authorize the reuse and successive use of return flows from water that Coors diverts out of priority pursuant to those plans. The City of Golden opposed this application, arguing that Coors...

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