WATER: Stock use right properly found senior to irrigation user… Stephen Brown affirmed. [Read more…]
Water, Beaverhead Valley BOR rights
WATER: Summary judgment adjudicating BOR rights in Beaverhead Valley affirmed… Russ McElyea affirmed. [Read more…]
Water, abandonment through nonuse or “illegal” use
WATER: Claims of abandonment through irrigation nonuse or “illegal” use properly rejected… Fritsch/Ritter affirmed. [Read more…]
Water, Teton River rights, 1902 Notice
WATER: Teton Reservoir’s rights under 1902 Notice properly adjudicated. . . Ritter affirmed. [Read more…]
Water, Bateman Ditch as water management tool
WATER: Permanent injunction against using Bateman Ditch as a Teton River water management tool. . . Olson. [Read more…]
Water, Pondera rights rulings
WATER: Pondera rights rulings affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]
Water, seepage rights, judge substitution
WATER: Seepage rights properly determined on remand from prior appeal… appeal of Olson substitution untimely, but case will return to Olson upon remand as judge responsible for distribution… Ritter affirmed. [Read more…]
Water, 1913/1942 reservoirs, 1895/1897 rights
WATER: 1913/1942 reservoirs did not increase amount diverted or period of diversion, reservoirs included in 1895/1897 rights… Ritter affirmed. [Read more…]
Water, no private right to deliver
WATER: No private right to deliver water through ditch… rights that can be diverted properly listed… McElyea affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]
Water, Teton River/creek seepage connectivity
WATER: Declaratory ruling on hydrological connectivity between river and creek charged by seepage improperly denied… McKinnon reversed. [Read more…]