Legal Opinion
Mimbres Valley Irrigation Co. v. Salopek
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 23, 1977No. 11094PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAYNE, Justice.
This suit was filed in 1966 as a private action to enjoin alleged illegal diversions of the Rio Mimbres which flows through the Gila National Forest in southwest New Mexico. In 1970 the State of New Mexico, on the relation of the State Engineer and pursuant to § 75-4-4, N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl. Vol. 11, Pt. 2, 1968), filed a complaint-in-intervention seeking a general adjudication of water rights in the Rio Mimbres and its tributaries. The complaint-in-intervention named as defendants all parties claiming any interest in and use of the waters of the Rio Mimbres. The State’s…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- United States v. GrimaudSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Winters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Arizona v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cappaert v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- United States v. JesseSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987
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