Legal Opinion
Santa Margarita Mutual Water Co. v. State Water Rights Board of California
District Court, S.D. California
Decided August 8, 1958No. 2147-SDPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES M. CARTER, District Judge.
The United States, last landowner on the stream, claims riparian, prescription and appropriative rights. Our present problem concerns only those alleged appropriative rights originating after the government’s acquisition of the reservation beginning in 1942. As to these alleged rights, the United States has generally used “self help” and with the exception of one application #12576 filed with the Division of Water Resources on June 30, 1948, by a United States naval officer, and amendments thereto, no attempt has been made by the United States to comply with…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- American Fire & Casualty Co. v. FinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- American Well Works Company v. Layne and Bowler CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Shulthis v. McDougalSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Tasner v. U. S. Industries, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1974
- Johnson v. Interstate Power CompanyDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1960
- South Dakota ex rel. Meierhenry v. Rippling Water Ranch, Inc.District Court, D. South Dakota · 1982
- United States v. CaliforniaDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1980
- In Re Gen. Adjudication of All Rights to Use WaterDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1982
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