Colorado River Water Conservation District v. Vidler Tunnel Water Co.

Decided April 23, 1979. Jim R. Carrigan wrote the opinion for the court.

594 P.2d 566 · Cited 54 times

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• Rocky Mountain Power Co. v. White River Electric Ass'n · 376 P.2d 158
• Elk-Rifle Water Company v. Templeton · 484 P.2d 1211
• Four Counties Water Users Ass'n v. Colorado River Water Conservation District & Town of Steamboat Springs · 414 P.2d 469
• Fruitland Irrigation Co. v. Kruemling · 62 Colo. 160
• Fundingsland v. Colorado Ground Water Commission · 468 P.2d 835
• Central Colorado Water Conservancy District v. City of Denver · 539 P.2d 1270
• Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co. v. City of Aspen · 557 P.2d 825
• Humphreys Tunnel & Mining Co. v. Frank · 46 Colo. 524
• City & County of Denver v. Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District · 276 P.2d 992

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• City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co. · 926 P.2d 1
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• Curry v. Pondera County Canal & Reservoir Co. · 2016 MT 77
• Rocky Mountain Power Co. v. Colorado River Water Conservation District · 646 P.2d 383
• Dominguez Reservoir Corp. v. Feil · 854 P.2d 791
• Adaven Management, Inc. v. Mountain Falls Acquisition Corp. · 191 P.3d 1189
• Water Supply and Storage Co. v. Curtis · 733 P.2d 680
• Front Range Res., LLC v. Colo. Ground Water Comm'n · 415 P.3d 807
• City of Aspen v. Colorado River Water Conservation District · 696 P.2d 758
• Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District v. Trout Unlimited · 170 P.3d 307
• Jaeger v. Colorado Ground Water Comission · 746 P.2d 515
• Fort Lyon Canal Co. v. Amity Mutual Irrigation Co. · 688 P.2d 1110
• Harvey Land & Cattle Co. v. Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District · 631 P.2d 1111
• Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District v. Dequine Family L.L.C. · 249 P.3d 794
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• Municipal Subdistrict, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District v. Oxy USA, Inc. · 990 P.2d 701
• American Water Development, Inc. v. City of Alamosa · 874 P.2d 352
• Santa Fe Trail Ranches Property Owners Ass'n v. Simpson · 990 P.2d 46
• State v. Southwestern Colorado Water Conservation District · 671 P.2d 1294

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