Answer Brief of the Colorado River Water Conservancy District

• File Number: 8230.2F
• Description: Colorado Supreme Court Appeal
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Author: Peter C. Fleming, Kristin M. Gillespie
• Title: Answer Brief of the Colorado River Water Conservancy District
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Court Documents

Supreme Court, State of Colorado (Appeal from District Court, Water Division No. 4, Case No. 02CW38)
Case No. 04SA44: Colorado Water Conservation Board v. Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District
Answer Brief of the Colorado River Water Conservation District
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
CASES
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Board of County Comm'rs ofArapahoe County v. Crystal CreekHomeowners'Ass'n,
14 P.3d 325, 340 (Colo. 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Board of County Comm'rs ofArapahoe County v. Upper Gunnison River
Water Conservancy Dist., 838 P.2d 840, 848 (Colo. 1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
City of Thornton v. City ofFort Collins, 830 P.2d 915, 929-930 (Colo. 1992) . ............10
Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. Colorado Water Conservation Board,
594 P.2d 570, 574 (Colo. 1979) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
East Twin Lakes Ditches and Water Works, Inc. v. BOCC ofLake County,
76 P.3d 918, 921 (Colo. 2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Haystack Ranch, LLC v. Fazzio, 997 P.2d 548, 552 (Colo. 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
May v. United States, 756 P.2d 362, 371 (Colo. 1988) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
People v. Emmert, 595 P.2d 1025 (Colo. 1979) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,8
Sante Fe Trail Ranches Property Owners Ass'n. v. Simpson,
990 P.2d 46, 53, 55 (Colo. 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, 12, 13
Simpson v. Highland Irrigation Co., 917 P.2d 1242, 1251 (Colo. 1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Three Bells Ranch Associates v. Cache La Poudre Water Users Ass'n,
758 P.2d 164, 173 (Colo. 1988) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
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