This month, in Delta Canal Co. et al v. Frank Vincent Family Farm, the Utah Supreme Court established that partial forfeiture has always been a part of Utah water law. Plaintiffs were a group of irrigation companies in Millard …
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Article I, section 22 of the Utah Constitution states that “private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation.” A taking is “any substantial interference with private property which destroys or materially lessens its value, …
Introduction In 2008, the trial court awarded Meguerditchian $55,000 in a breach of contract action. Meguerditchian filed for a writ of execution, listing private and real property and water rights belonging to Smith. The trial court approved the writ …
In Bear Hollow Restoration, LLC v. Public Service Commission of Utah, 2012 UT 18, the Utah Supreme Court addressed whether a mutual water company is a public utility subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission of Utah (Commission). Bear …
Jon Schutz and David Wright In Sanpete America, LLC v. Willardsen, 2011 UT 48 (issued August 16, 2011), the Utah Supreme Court defined when water shares may be appurtenant to land and pass with land conveyances. Background …
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Last week, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments from the States of Montana and Wyoming regarding their interests in the Powder and Tongue rivers, which flow from Wyoming into Montana, and are tributaries to the Yellowstone River. The Court …
On November 12, the Utah Stream Access Coalition filed suit in Wasatch County challenging the Public Water Access Act. The Utah legislature passed this act in 2010. The suit names Victory Ranch, Silver Creek-Robert Larsen Investors, Wasatch County …
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Water rights of the Colorado River are governed by the “Law of the River.” The Law of the River is made up of interstate compacts, a series of federal laws, and with several United States Supreme Court cases. The documents …