THE STATE ENGINEER v. THE CITY OF GOLDEN

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Steven O. Sims, Assistant Attorney General, Susan J. Schneider, Assistant Attorney General, Natural Resources and Environment Section, Denver, Colorado. Attorneys for Opposers-Appellants Porzak Browning Bushong LLP, Glenn E. Porzak, Steven J. Bushong, P. Fritz Holleman, Boulder, Colorado. Attorneys for Applicant-Appellee Fischer, Brown Gunn, P.C., William H. Brown, Fort Collins, Colorado. Attorneys for Amici Curiae Cache La Poudre Water Users Association and Thompson Water Users Association. Hill Robbins, P.C., David W. Robbins, Dennis M. Montgomery, Denver, Colorado. Attorneys for Amici Curiae Rio Grande Water Conservation District, the Southwestern Water Conservation District, the Dolores Water Conservancy District, the Jackson County Water Conservancy District, and the Colorado Water Congress Maynes Bradford Shipps Sheftel, Frank E. Maynes, Durango, Colorado. Attorneys for Amici Curiae Southwestern Water Conservation District and the Dolores Water Conservancy District Patricia L. Wells, Denver, Colorado. Attorney for Amicus Curiae City and County of Denver, by and through its Board of Water Commissioners Lind Lawrence Ottenhoff LLP, Kim R. Lawrence, Greeley, Colorado. Attorneys for Amici Curiae Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, the Groundwater Management Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, and the Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District Burns, Figa Will, P.C., Lee E. Miller, Englewood, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Farm Bureau Carlson Hammond Paddock LLC, William A. Paddock, Denver, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Rio Grande Water Users Association Peter C. Fleming, Jill C.H. McConaughy, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Leavenworth Karp, P.C., David C. Hallford, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado River Water Conservation District Hill, Edwards, Edwards Kinney, LLC, Tom Kinney, Carbondale, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Town of Basalt Trout, Witwer Freeman, P.C., Mark T. Pifher, Douglas M. Sinor, Denver, Colorado. Attorneys for Amici Curiae Colorado Springs Utilities, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District and Municipal Subdistrict, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District Burns, Figa Will, P.C., Lee E. Miller, Englewood, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District Duncan, Ostrander Dingess, P.C., John M. Dingess, Denver, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae City of Aurora, acting by and through its Utility Enterprise Holland Hart LLP, Anne J. Castle, Christopher L. Thorne, Thomas J. Florczak, Denver, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Pueblo, a Municipal Corporation Petros White LLC, Raymond L. Petros, Jr., Denver, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Longmont, a Municipal Corporation Sullivan Green Seavy, LLC, Barbara J.B. Green, Boulder, Colorado. Northwest Colorado Council of Governments Taylor E.C. Hawes, Silverthorne, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Northwest Colorado Council of Governments Timothy H. Berry P.C., Timothy H. Berry, Leadville, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae the Town of Breckenridge Holland Hart LLP, Anne J. Castle, Denver, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Town of Minturn Taylor E.C. Hawes, Silverthorne, Colorado. Attorney for Amicus Curiae Town of Montezuma J. Matthew Mire, Vail, Colorado. Attorney for Amicus Curiae Town of Vail John M. Ely, Aspen, Colorado. Attorney for Amicus Curiae Pitkin County Summit County Attorney's Office, Jeffrey L. Huntley, Breckenridge, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Summit County Porzak Browning Bushong LLP, Glenn E. Porzak, Steven J. Bushong, P. Fritz Holleman, Boulder, Colorado. Attorneys for Amici Curiae Clinton Ditch Reservoir Company, Eagle Park Reservoir Company, and Vail Resorts, Inc. Collins Cockrel Cole, James P. Collins, Denver, Colorado. Attorneys for Eagle River Water Sanitation District, and Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority Eagle County Attorney's Office, Robert Thomas Moorhead, Eagle, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Eagle County Gunnison County Attorney's Office, David M. Baumgarten, Gunnison, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Gunnison County Trout Unlimited, Melinda R. Kassen, Boulder, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Trout Unlimited Kathleen C. Zimmerman, Boulder, Colorado. Attorneys for Amici Curiae High Country Citizens Alliance, San Juan Citizens Alliance, Colorado River Outfitters Association, American Canoe Association, Professional Paddlesports Association, and America Outdoors City of Grand Junction, Daniel E. Wilson, Grand Junction, Colorado. Brownstein, Hyatt Farber, P.C., James S. Lochhead, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae City of Grand Junction