Fellhauer v. People

Action was brought by the Attorney General on behalf of the People of the State of Colorado under 1965 Perm. Supp., C.R.S. 1963, 148-11-22, to enjoin the plaintiff in error from pumping and using water from the alluvium of the Arkansas River contrary to an order of the water division engineer. The other defendants in error intervened to support the constitutionality of this statute, herein referred to as the 1965 act. We have had the benefit of three briefs amici curiae, representing different views, from fourteen attorneys in Boulder, Brush, Denver, Fort Morgan and Sterling.