SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 8:45 a.m.
Oral Argument: Monday, May 1, 2006 EN BANC
Bailiff: Anna Martinez
Durango High School
Durango, Colorado
05SC686 ( 1 HOUR)
Petitioner:B.H.,
v.
Respondent:
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO,
In the Interest of X. H., a child. / ))))))))))))))))))))))))))) / For the Petitioner:
Davide C. Migliaccio
For the Respondent, El Paso County Department of Human Services:
William Louis
County Attorney
Laura C. Rhyne
Deputy County Attorney
For Amicus Curiae American Indian Law Clinic, Colorado Indian Bar Association and American Indian Law Center:
(Granted Permission to participate in oral argument)
Jill E. Tompkins
American Indian Law Clinic
University of Colorado Law School
For Amicus Curiae Attorney General of the State of Colorado:
John W. Suthers
Attorney General
Mark N. McMullen
Assistant Attorney General
State Services Section
Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 05CA1084
Docketed: September 22, 2005
At Issue: February 10, 2006
ISSUE(S):
Whether failure to comply with the notice requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. section 1901, et. seq, was reversible error.
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Oral Argument: Monday, May 1, 2006 10:25 a.m.
EN BANC
05SC203 ( 1 HOUR)
Petitioner/Cross-Respondent:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO,
v.
Respondent/ Cross-Petitioner:
PATRICK ALLEN MANZO. / ))))))))))) / For the Petitioner/Cross-Respondent:
John W. Suthers
Attorney General
Paul Koehler
Assistant Attorney General
Appellate Division
Criminal Justice Section
For the Respondent/Cross-Petitioner:
Bruce H. Rabun
Maguire & Rabun, LLC
Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 03CA1384
Docketed: March 17, 2005
At Issue: December 16, 2005
ISSUE(S):
Whether the traffic code offense of leaving the scene of an accident causing serious bodily injury – § 42-4-1601, C.R.S. (2004) – is a public welfare strict liability offense for which there is no mental state requirement.
Whether the felony offense of leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury – Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1601(1),(2)(b) – requires knowing both involvement in an accident and that serious bodily injury has occurred.
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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 2:30 p.m.
Oral Argument: Wednesday, May 3, 2006 EN BANC
Bailiff: Katie Dix
05SA205 ( 1/2 HOUR)
1st Notice of Appeal filed by Harmony Ditch et. al.
CONCERNING THE APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS OF THE GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT SUBDISTRICT OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT IN ADAMS, LARIMER, MORGAN AND WELD COUNTIES.Opposers/Appellants:
THE HARMONY DITCH COMPANY; THE LOGAN IRRIGATION DISTRICT, THE ILIFF IRRIGATION DISTRICT, AND THE MORGAN-PREWITT RESERVOIR COMPANY, acting by and through the Prewitt Operating Committee; IRRIGATIONISTS’ ASSOCIATION, WATER DISTRICT 1; NORTH STERLING IRRIGATION DISTRICT; PAWNEE WELL USERS, INC., CENTENNIAL WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT; CITY OF BOULDER; CITY OF ENGLEWOOD; CITY OF STERLING, CITY OF WESTMINSTER; AND SOUTH ADAMS COUNTY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT,
v.
Applicant/Appellee:
THE GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT SUBDISTRICT OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT,
and
Opposers/Appellees:
HAROLD (HAL) D. SIMPSON, State Engineer, JAMES (JIM) R. HALL, Division Engineer for Water Division No. 1; THE CITY OF AURORA; CITY OF LAKEWOOD; BRIGHTON DITCH COMPANY; LOWER PLATTE & BEAVER CANAL COMPANY; THE CITY OF LONGMONT; CHERRY CREEK WATER USERS ASSOCIATION; RURAL DITCH COMPANY; GODDING DITCH COMPANY; THE CITY OF LOVELAND; NORTHERN COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT; GREELEY IRRIGATION COMPANY; RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR AND LAND COMPANY; RIVERSIDE IRRIGATION DISTRICT; THE FARMERS RESERVOIR AND IRRIGATION COMPANY; PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY; THE CITY AND COUNTY OF BROOMFIELD; ST. VRAIN & LEFT HAND WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT; THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER; THE HENRYLYN IRRIGATION DISTRICT; CACHE LA POUDRE WATER USERS ASSOCIATION; THE GREELEY AND LOVELAND IRRIGATION COMPANY; SEVEN LAKES RESERVOIR COMPANY; WATER USERS ASSOICATION OF DISTRICT NO. 6; THE CITY OF THORNTON; VARRA COMPANIES, INC.; THOMPSON WATER USERS ASSOCIATION; LOWER LATHAM RESERVOIR COMPANY; BIJOU IRRIGATION COMPANY; BIJOU IRRIGATION DISTRICT; THE CITY OF BLACK HAWK; THE CITY OF GREELEY, acting by and through its Water & Sanitation Board; FORT MORGAN RESERVOIR & IRRIGATION COMPANY; and RANGEVIEW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT. / )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) / (Opposers/Appellants filed combined briefs)
For the Opposers/Appellants, Harmony Ditch Company and North Sterling Irrigation District:
Timothy R. Buchanan
Alan E. Curtis
Kara Godbehere Goodwin
Timothy R. Buchanan, P.C.
For the Opposers/Appellants, Illiff Irrigation District; the Logan Irrigation District; and the Morgan Prewitt Reservoir Company, acting by and through the Prewitt Operating Committee; Irrigationists’ Association, Water District 1; and City of Westminster:
Mary Mead Hammond
Lee H. Johnson
Beth Ann Parsons
Carlson, Hammond & Paddock, L.L.C.
For the Opposers/Appellants, Centennial Water and Sanitation District; City of Boulder; and Pawnee Well Users, Inc.:
Veronica A. Sperling
Brian A. Knutsen
Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff, P.C.
For the Opposer/Appellant, City of Englewood:
David G. Hill
Melissa M. Heidman
Geoffrey M. Williamson
Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti, LLP
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For the Opposer/Appellant, City of Sterling:
David F. Jankowski
Bradford R. Benning
White & Jankowski, L.L.P.
For the Opposer/Appellant, South Adams County Water and Sanitation District:
David L. Harrison
Richard J. Mehren
Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff, P.C.
For the Opposers/Appellees, Harold (Hal) D. Simpson, State Engineer; and James (Jim) R. Hall, Division Engineer for Water Division No. 1:
John W. Suthers
Attorney General
Paul L. Benington
Alexandra L. Davis
Assistant Attorney Generals
Natural Resources & Environment Section
(Amicus parties filed one combined brief)
For Amicus Curiae Colorado River Water Conservation District:
Peter C. Fleming
For Amicus Curiae Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District:
John H. McClow
Bratton & McClow, LLC
For Amicus Curiae City of Golden; Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority; Eagle River Water & Sanitation District; Eagle Park Reservoir Company; Vail Association, Inc.; and Clinton Ditch & Reservoir Company:
Glenn E. Porzak
Kevin J. Kinnear
Porzak, Browning & Bushong, LLP
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For Amicus Curiae Basalt Water Conservancy District:
David C. Hallford
Christopher L. Geiger
Scott A. Grosscup
Balcomb & Green, P.C.
For Amicus Curiae the Town of Gypsum and Cornerstone Winter Park Holdings, LLC:
Kevin L. Patrick
Ramsey L. Kropf
Patrick, Miller & Kropf, P.C.
Entry of Appearances Only
For the Applicant/Appellee:
Kim R. Lawrence
Kelly J. Custer
P. Andrew Jones
Lind, Lawrence & Ottenhoff, LLP
For the Opposer/Appellee, Brighton Ditch Company:
Robert F. T. Krassa
Krassa & Miller, LLC
For the Opposer/Appellee, the City of Longmont:
Michael F. Browning
Porzak Browning & Bushong, LLP
For the Opposers/Appellees, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District and the City of Greeley:
Robert V. Trout
James S. Witwer
Douglas M. Sinor
Trout, Raley, Montaño, Witwer & Freeman, P.C.
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For the Opposers/Appellees, Water Users Association of District No. 6; St. Vrain & Left Hand Water Conservancy District; The Greeley and Loveland Irrigation Company; Seven Lakes Reservoir Company:
Jeffrey J. Kahn
Wendy E. Slee
Bernard Lyons Gaddis & Kahn, P.C.
For the Opposers/Appellees, Cache La Poudre Water Users Association and Lower Latham Reservoir Company:
William R. Fischer
Brent A. Bartlett
Fischer, Brown & Gunn, P.C.
For the Opposers/Appellees, Bijou Irrigation Company and Bijou Irrigation District:
Michael D. Shimmin
Stuart B. Corbridge
Vranesh & Raisch, LLP
For the Opposer/Appellee, City of Black Hawk:
Harvey W. Curtis
David L. Kueter
Patricia A. Madsen
Sheela S. Stack
Harvey W. Curtis & Associates
For the Opposer/Appellee, Rangeview Metropolitan District:
Frederick A. Fendel, III
Scott M. Huyler
Petrock & Fendel, P.C.
Appeal from the District Court, Water Division No. 1, 02CW335
Docketed: July 18, 2005
At Issue: February 21, 2006
ISSUE(S):
Did the water judge err by refusing to include in the decree an appropriate and meaningful term and condition regarding water augmentation plan administration by the State Engineer and
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Division Engineer for Water Division No. 1 (collectively, the “State Engineer”)?
Does § 37-92-305(8), C.R.S., mandate that a decree approving a plan for augmentation include a provision requiring the State Engineer to administer the plan according to the other terms and conditions of the decree, or does it authorize the State Engineer to administer the plan outside of the decree according to his own determinations concerning what is necessary to prevent injury?
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Oral Argument: Wednesday, May 3, 2006 3:00 p.m.
EN BANC
05SA205 ( 1/2 HOUR)
2nd Notice of Appeal filed by State & Division Engineers and City of Englewood
CONCERNING THE APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS OF THE GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT SUBDISTRICT OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT IN ADAMS, LARIMER, MORGAN AND WELD COUNTIES.Opposers/Appellants:
HAROLD (HAL) D. SIMPSON, State Engineer, JAMES (JIM) R. HALL, Division Engineer for Water Division No. 1; and CITY OF ENGLEWOOD,
v.
Applicant/Appellee:
THE GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT SUBDISTRICT OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT,
and
Opposers/Appellees:
THE HARMONY DITCH COMPANY; ILLIFF IRRIGATION DISTRICT, LOGAN IRRIGATION DISTRICT AND MORGAN-PREWITT RESERVOIR COMPANY, acting by and through the Prewitt Operating Committee; IRRIGATIONISTS’ ASSOCIATION, WATER DISTRICT 1; NORTH STERLING IRRIGATION DISTRICT; PAWNEE WELL USERS, INC.; CENTENNIAL WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT; CITY OF BOULDER; CITY OF STERLING; CITY OF WESTMINSTER; SOUTH ADAMS COUNTY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT; DUCOMMUN BUSINESS TRUST; THE CITY OF AURORA; CITY OF LAKEWOOD; BRIGHTON DITCH COMPANY; LOWER PLATTE & BEAVER CANAL COMPANY; THE CITY OF LONGMONT; CHERRY CREEK WATER USERS ASSOCIATION; RURAL DITCH COMPANY; GODDING DITCH COMPANY; THE CITY OF LOVELAND; NORTHERN COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT; GREELEY IRRIGATION COMPANY; RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR AND LAND COMPANY; RIVERSIDE IRRIGATION DISTRICT; THE FARMERS RESERVOIR AND IRRIGATION COMPANY; PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY; THE CITY AND COUNTY OF BROOMFIELD; ST. VRAIN & LEFT HAND WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT; THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER; THE HENRYLYN IRRIGATION DISTRICT; CACHE LA POUDRE WATER USERS ASSOCIATION; THE GREELEY AND LOVELAND IRRIGATION COMPANY; SEVEN LAKES RESERVOIR COMPANY; WATER USERS ASSOCIATION OF DISTRICT NO. 6; THE CITY OF THORNTON; VARRA COMPANIES, INC.; THOMPSON WATER USERS ASSOCIATION; LOWER LATHAM RESERVOIR COMPANY; BIJOU IRRIGATION COMPANY; BIJOU IRRIGATION DISTRICT; THE CITY OF BLACK HAWK; THE CITY OF GREELEY, acting by and through its Water & Sewer Board; FORT MORGAN RESERVOIR & IRRIGATION COMPANY; and RANGEVIEW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT. / ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) / For the Opposers/Appellants, Harold (Hal) D. Simpson, State Engineer and James (Jim) R. Hall, Division Engineer for Water Division No. 1:
John W. Suthers
Attorney General
Paul L. Benington
Alexandra L. Davis
Assistant Attorney Generals
Natural Resources & Environment Section
For the Opposer/Appellant, City of Englewood:
David G. Hill
Melissa M. Heidman
Geoffrey M. Williamson
Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti, LLP
For the Opposer/Appellee, The City of Aurora:
Steven O. Sims
John A. Helfrich
Brownstein Hyatt & Farber, P.C.
For the Opposer/Appellee, The City and County of Denver (acting by and through its Board of Water Commissioners):
Casey S. Funk
Daniel J. Arnold
Michael L .Walker
Patricia L. Wells
(Amicus Parties filed one combined brief)
For Amicus Curiae Colorado River Water Conservation District:
Peter C. Fleming
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For Amicus Curiae Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District:
John H. McClow
Bratton & McClow, LLC
For Amicus Curiae City of Golden, Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority; Eagle River Water & Sanitation District; Eagle Park Reservoir Company; Vail Association, Inc.; and Clinton Ditch & Reservoir Company:
Glenn E. Porzak
Kevin J. Kinnear
Porzak, Browning & Bushong, LLP
For Amicus Curiae Basalt Water Conservancy District:
Davis C. Hallford
Christopher L. Geiger
Scott A. Grosscup
Balcomb & Green, P.C.
For Amicus Curiae the Town of Gypsum and Cornerstone Winter Park Holdings, LLC:
Kevin L. Patrick
Ramsey L. Kropf
Patrick, Miller & Kropf, P.C.
Entry of Appearances Only
For the Applicant/Appellee:
Kim R. Lawrence
Kelly J. Custer
P. Andrew Jones
Lind, Lawrence & Ottenhoff, LLP
For the Opposer/Appellee, Brighton Ditch Company:
Robert F. T. Krassa
Krassa & Miller, LLC
For the Opposer/Appellee, the City of Longmont:
Michael F. Browning
Porzak Browning & Bushong, LLP
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For the Opposers/Appellees, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District and the City of Greeley:
Robert V. Trout
James S. Witwer
Douglas M. Sinor
Trout, Raley, Montaño, Witwer & Freeman, P.C.
For the Opposers/Appellees, Water Users Association of District No. 6; St. Vrain & Left Hand Water Conservancy District; Loveland Irrigation Company; Seven Lakes Reservoir Company:
Jeffrey J. Kahn
Wendy E. Slee
Bernard Lyons Gaddis & Kahn, P.C.
For the Opposers/Appellees, Cache La Poudre Water Users Association and Lower Latham Reservoir Company:
William R. Fischer
Brent A. Bartlett
Fischer, Brown & Gunn, P.C.
For the Opposers/Appellees, Bijou Irrigation Company and Bijou Irrigation District:
Michael D. Shimmin
Stuart B. Corbridge
Vranesh & Raisch, LLP
For the Opposer/Appellee, City of Black Hawk:
Harvey W. Curtis
David L. Kueter
Patricia A. Madsen
Sheela S. Stack
Harvey W. Curtis & Associates
For the Opposer/Appellee, Rangeview Metropolitan District:
Frederick A. Fendel, III
Scott M. Huyler
Petrock & Fendel, P.C.
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Appeal from the District Court, Water Division No. 1, 02CW335
Docketed: July 18, 2005
At Issue: February 21, 2006
ISSUE(S):
Whether the water court erred in finding that selective subordinations are permissible.
Whether the water court erred in failing to require that a request to approve and decree a selective subordination agreement between water users be submitted as either an application for the approval of a change of water right, a plan for augmentation and/or an appropiative right of exchange pursuant to § 37-92-302(1)(a), C.R.S. (2005).
Alternatively, if selective subordinations are permissible, whether the water court erred in finding that incorporation of a selective subordination in a decree does not require publication of a notice in the water court resume.
Whether the water court erred in providing for the incorporation of a selective subordination agreement into a water court decree when the agreement addresses after-acquired water rights not specifically identified in the agreement.
Whether the water court’s ruling is moot for the purposes of appeal because one of the parties voluntarily chose to abandon the challenged practice permitted by the ruling.