State Supreme Court / Colo.

City of Westminster v. Church

Decided September 16, 1968. Edward C. Day wrote the opinion for the court.

445 P.2d 52 · Cited 55 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Farmers Highline Canal & Reservoir Co. v. City of Golden · 129 Colo. 575
Green v. Chaffee Ditch Company · 371 P.2d 775
Newby v. Bock · 210 P.2d 985
Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. Town of Lafayette · 24 P.2d 756
Brighton Ditch Co. v. City of Englewood · 237 P.2d 116
Pomponio v. Larsen · 251 P. 534
City of Colorado Springs v. Yust · 249 P.2d 151
Enlarged Southside Irrigation Ditch Co. v. John's Flood Ditch Co. · 183 P.2d 552
Bijou Irrigation District v. Weldon Valley Ditch Co. · 67 Colo. 336
Fort Lyon Canal Co. v. Rocky Ford Canal, Reservoir, Land, Loan & Trust Co. · 246 P. 781
Baker v. City of Pueblo · 289 P. 603
Commonwealth Irrigation Co. v. Rio Grande Canal Water Users Ass'n · 45 P.2d 622
New Cache la Poudre Irrigating Co. v. Water Supply & Storage Co. · 74 Colo. 1
McDermott v. Bent County, Colorado Irrigation Dist. · 308 P.2d 603
Sloniger v. Rains · 208 P.2d 941
Dry Creek No. 2 Ditch Co. v. Coal Ridge Ditch Co. · 129 P.2d 292
Boulder & White Rock Ditch & Reservoir Co. v. City of Boulder · 402 P.2d 71
Hizel v. Howard · 354 P.2d 611
Strickler v. City of Colorado Springs · 16 Colo. 61
San Luis Valley Irrigating District v. Centennial Irrigating Ditch Co. · 272 P. 9

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