WATER: Standard of review of Water Court clarified… 79 Ranch governs abandonment, properly applied retroactively to pre-73 right to creek… Claimants sufficiently rebutted presumption of intent to abandon by 20 years nonuse… Ritter reversed, McElyea affirmed. [Read more…]
Youth, immaturity incompetency, fire starter
YOUTH: Equal protection not implicated by youth incompetency based on immaturity vis-à-vis adult mental disease… substantial evidence that 9-year-old house fire starter competent for trial… youth in need of intervention to [Read more…]