Porzak Browning & Bushong LLP

Publications

"Changing Uses of Water in Colorado: Law and Policy", Arizona Law Review, Volume 21 Number 4
by Lawrence MacDonnell

"The Colorado River: Has it Run Out of Water?" The Water Report, June 15, 2005
by Lawrence MacDonnell

Death Penalty for Water Thieves
by Eli Feldman

"Ditch Lining: The Water Right Issue" 21 Colo. Law. 6, June 1992.
by Mike Browning and Steve Bushong

"The Ditch Bill Deadline Approahces," 24 Colo. Law. 7, July 1995.
by Mike Browning

"The Exclusivity Requirement in the Law of Prior Appropriation," Arizona State University College of Law Symposium "Environmental, Economic and Legal Issues Related to Rangeland Water Developments," Tucson, Arizona, November, 1997.
by Fritz Holleman

Heightened Notice Requirements for Water Rights Applications
by Kristin Howse Moseley

"Living with the Endangered Species Act in Colorado", The Colorado Lawyer, February 2002
by Lawrence MacDonnell

"Out-of-Priority Water Use: Adding Flexibility to the Water Appropriation System", Nebraska Law Review, Vol. 83, 2004
by Lawrence MacDonnell

"Private Means to Enhance Public Streams," 33 Colo. Law. 4, April 2004.
by Mike Browning

"Substitute Supply Plans: Recent Water Law Developments," 31 Colo. Law. 8, August 2002.
by Mike Browning

"Treading Water," National Ski Areas Association Journal, July 2004.
by Fritz Holleman

"Water Rights and Takings," CLE International Regulatory Takings Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2006.
by Fritz Holleman

Case Summaries

Concerning the Water Rights of the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order, Case No. 03CW78, in and for the District Court for Water Divsion No. 5, State of Colorado, March 17, 2006.

Concerning the Water Rights of the Town of breckenridge, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decree of the Water Court, Case No. 00CW281, in and for the District Court for Water Division No. 5, State of Colorado, June 5, 2002.

Concerning the Water Rights of the City of Steamboat Springs, Amended Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decree of the Court, Case No. 03CW86, in and for the District Court for Water Division No. 6, State of Colorado, March 13, 2006.

Concerning the Water Rights of the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decree of the Water Court, Case No. 00CW259, in and for the District Court for Water Division No. 5, State of Colorado, June 5, 2002.

Concerning the Water Rights of the City of Seamboat Springs, Case No. 03CW86, in and for the District Court for Water Division No. 6, State of Colorado, October 28, 2005.

Concerning the Water Rights of the City of Golden, Decree, Case No. 98CW448, in and for the District Court for Water Division No. 1, State of Colorado, June 13, 2001.

Colorado Supreme Court Cases

Case No. 02SA298, Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co., et. al., v. City of Golden,
May 23, 2005.

Case No. 04SA328, McNichols v. Elk Dance Colorado, July 31, 2006.

Case No. 01SA412, In re Application for Water Rights of Park County Sportsmen's Ranch, February 14, 2005.

Case No. 01SA252, State Engineer, Division Engineer for Water Division No. 1, and Colorado Water Conservation Board v. City of Golden, May 19, 2003.

Case No. 05SA205, Harmony Ditch Company v. Ground Water Management,
June 12, 2006.

Case No. 04SA44, Colorado Water Conservation Board v. Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, March 14, 2005.

Case No. 04SA145, Colorado Water Conservation Board v. City of Central,
November 28, 2005.

Case No. 02SA364, City of Golden v. Simpson, January 12, 2004.

Case No. 01SA105, Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Company, Farmers High Line Canal and Reservoir Company, City of Aravada, and City of Westminster v. City of Golden, April 8, 2002.

Case No. 00SA229, Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company, Farmers High Line Canal and Reservoir Company, and City of Westminster v. Consolidated Mutual Water Company, Agricultural Ditch and Reservoir Company, and City of Golden, November 13, 2001.