Legal Opinion
Fort Sumner Irrigation District v. Carlsbad Irrigation District
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided October 18, 1974No. 9892PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OMAN, Justice.
Carlsbad Irrigation District (Carlsbad) and the United States Bureau of Reclamation made application to the State Engineer (Engineer) for authority to transfer water storage rights from Alamogordo Lake, located behind Alamogordo Dam on the Pecos River, to Los Esteros Lake to be created behind Los Esteros Dam to be constructed on the Pecos River some 60 miles upstream from Alamogordo Dam.
After a hearing, the Engineer entered his findings and order approving the application, subject to certain conditions. Fort Sumner Irrigation District (Fort Sumner) thereupon appealed to…
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