Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation & Drainage District v. Robertson

OPINION

BALES, Justice.

I

¶ 1 The issue presented is whether agricultural landowners have vested rights to certain irrigation water from the Central Arizona Project (“CAP”). The water is the subject of a master contract between the United States and the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (“CAWCD”) and related subcontracts between these entities and the two petitioner irrigation districts. The landowners are not parties to these agreements. Because we hold that the landowners do not have vested rights to the CAP water in question, we vacate the trial court’s contrary ruling and remand…