STATE v. HILL

Supreme Court Case No. 22SC119.

530 P.3d 632 (2023)

2023 CO 31

The STATE of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Roger HILL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

Rehearing Denied June 26, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner: Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Eric R. Olson , Solicitor General, Scott Steinbrecher , Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Daniel E. Steuer , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Grant T. Sullivan , Assistant Solicitor General, Olivia Probetts , Assistant Attorney General Fellow, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent: Alexander N. Hood , Mark S. Squillace , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Backcountry Hunters & Anglers; American Whitewater; and Colorado River Outfitters Association: Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell, LLP, Lori Potter , Samantha R. Caravello , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Colorado Farm Bureau; Taylor Placer, Ltd.; Crystal Creek Homeowners Association, Inc; Jackson-Shaw/Taylor River Ranch, LLC; and Wilder Association: Hayes Poznanovic Korver LLC, David S. Hayes , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Water Congress: Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., Stephen H. Leonhardt , April D. Hendricks , Peter D. Jaacks , Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Law Professors: University of Denver Sturm College of Law Environmental Law Clinic, Wyatt G. Sassman , Kevin J. Lynch , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation: Jeffrey W. McCoy , Highlands Ranch, Colorado, Christopher M. Kieser , Deborah J. La Fetra , Sacramento, California.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Mark Warsewa and Linda Joseph: Kirk Holleyman, P.C., Kirk B. Holleyman , Denver, Colorado.

JUSTICE HART delivered the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BOATRIGHT, JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ, JUSTICE HOOD, JUSTICE GABRIEL, JUSTICE SAMOUR, and JUSTICE BERKENKOTTER joined.


¶1 This dispute has produced hundreds of pages of briefing from the parties and amici involving extensive discussions of the public trust doctrine, the equal footing doctrine, and arguments around who is best positioned to determine legal policy on access to rivers. But those subjects are ultimately...

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