HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023SA258 - City v. Lazy D Grazing Association, et al. - 14 - Opposers Request Oral Argument
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Colorado Supreme Court
2 East 14th Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
Appeal from the District Court
Water Division 1, 2020CW3113
In Re the Application for Water Rights of Lazy D Grazing
Association, in Weld County
Opposers-Appellants:
City of Sterling and City of Fort Collins
v.
Applicant-Appellee:
Lazy D Grazing Association, and
Opposers-Appellants:
Basin Lands, LLC; Bijou Irrigation Company; Bijou Irrigation
District; Cache La Poudre Water Users Association; City of
Boulder; City of Englewood; City of Greeley, acting by and
through its Water and Sewer Board; City of Thornton; L.G.
Everist, Inc.; Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District;
Mary Estabrook; State Engineer and Division Engineer for
Water Division No. 1; and United Water and Sanitation
District.
Attorneys for City of Sterling, Colorado:
Alan E. Curtis, #34571
Nicoli R. Bowley, #58709
CURTIS, JUSTUS, & ZAHEDI, LLC
1333 W. 120th Ave., Suite 302
Westminster, Colorado 80234
Phone: (303) 595-9441
Email: alanc@white-jankowski.com
nicolib@white-jankowski.com
Attorney for the City of Fort Collins, Colorado:
FORT COLLINS CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
Eric R. Potyondy, #38243
300 LaPorte Avenue
Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
Phone: (970) 416-2126
Email: epotyondy@fcgov.com
Supreme Court Case No.:
2023SA258
OPPOSERS-APPELLANTS CITY OF STERLING AND CITY OF FORT COLLINS’
REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
DATE FILED: March 5, 2024 1:41 PM
FILING ID: 872FCAC7B42B2
CASE NUMBER: 2023SA258
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Pursuant to C.A.R. 34(a), Opposers-Appellants, the City of Sterling, Colorado
and the City of Fort Collins, Colorado request oral argument in the above-captioned
matter.
Respectfully submitted March 5, 2024.
CURTIS, JUSTUS, & ZAHEDI, LLC
By: ______________________________
*Alan E. Curtis, #34571
Nicoli R. Bowley, #58709
ATTORNEYS FOR CITY OF
STERLING
FORT COLLINS CITY
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
By: ______________________________
Eric R. Potyondy, #38243
ATTORNEY FOR CITY OF FORT
COLLINS
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that on March 5, 2024, a true and correct copy of OPPOSERS-
APPELLANTS CITY OF STERLING AND CITY OF FORT COLLINS’
REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT for Case No. 23SA258 was served by e-
filing via Colorado Courts E-filing System to the parties listed below:
______________________________________
Andrea Browne, Legal Administrative Assistant
Party Name Party
Type Attorney Name/Organization
Basin Lands LLC Opposer MATTHEW MACHADO (Lyons Gaddis PC)
Bijou Irrigation
Company
Opposer BRADLEY NEIL KERSHAW (Vranesh and
Raisch)
STUART B CORBRIDGE (Vranesh and
Raisch)
Bijou Irrigation
District
Opposer BRADLEY NEIL KERSHAW (Vranesh and
Raisch)
STUART B CORBRIDGE (Vranesh and
Raisch)
Cache La Poudre
Water Users
Association
Opposer DANIEL KENNETH BROWN (Fischer Brown
Bartlett Larsen and Irby PC)
WHITNEY PHILLIPS COULTER (Fischer
Brown Bartlett Larsen and Irby PC)
City of Boulder Opposer JESSICA LYNN PAULT-ATIASE (Boulder
City Attorney’s Office)
LISA M THOMPSON (Trout Raley)
MICHAEL A KOPP (Trout Raley)
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Party Name Party
Type Attorney Name/Organization
City of
Englewood
Opposer GEOFFREY M WILLIAMSON (Berg Hill
Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP)
MEGAN CHRISTENSEN (Berg Hill Greenleaf
& Ruscitti LLP)
PATRICK MICHAEL HAINES (Berg Hill
Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP)
PETER D NICHOLS (Berg Hill Greenleaf &
Ruscitti LLP)
City of Fort
Collins
Opposer ERIC RYAN POTYONDY (City Attorney’s
Office)
City of Greeley
Acting By And
Through
Opposer CAROLYN F BURR (Welborn Sullivan Meck
& Tooley, P.C.)
DANIEL JAMES BIWER (City of Greeley)
JAMES MERLE NOBLE (Welborn Sullivan
Meck & Tooley, P.C.)
City of Thornton Opposer KARA NICOLE GODBEHERE (City of
Thornton)
Division 1
Engineer
Division
Engineer
DIVISION 1 WATER ENGINEER (State of
Colorado DWR Division 1)
Lazy D Grazing
Assoc
Applicant BRADLEY CHARLES GRASMICK
(Lawrence Custer Grasmick Jones and
Donovan LLP)
RICHARD T LI PUMA (Lawrence Custer
Grasmick Jones and Donovan LLP)
RYAN MATTHEW DONOVAN (Lawrence
Custer Grasmick Jones and Donovan LLP)
WESLEY SAGE KNOLL (Lawrence Custer
Grasmick Jones and Donovan LLP)
Lg Everist Inc Opposer MATTHEW LAKE MERRILL (MERRILL
LAW LLC)
Mary Estabrook Opposer 1903 S Greeley Hwy 110, Cheyenne, WY
82007, United States (Regular Mail)
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Party Name Party
Type Attorney Name/Organization
Northern
Colorado Water
Conservancy
District
Opposer BENNETT WILLIAM RALEY (Trout Raley)
LISA M THOMPSON (Trout Raley)
MICHAEL A KOPP (Trout Raley)
State Engineer State
Engineer
COLORADO DIVISION OF WATER
RESOURCES (State of Colorado - Division of
Water Resources)
State Engineer
And Water Div 1
Engineer
Opposer EMILIE BLAKE POLLEY (CO Attorney
General)
United Water And
Sanitation District
Opposer ANN MARIE RHODES (The Law Office of
Tod J Smith)
TOD JAY SMITH (The Law Office of Tod J
Smith)