Legal Opinion
Crookston Cattle Co. v. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 12, 1980No. 50134PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAHL, Justice.
This case involves the proper allocation of groundwater between competing users. Petitioners, Crookston Cattle Company (hereinafter, the Company) and its sole owner, Ray G. Mair, appeal from an order of the Ramsey County District Court which affirmed the final order of the Acting Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (hereinafter Commissioner’s order). In the challenged order, the Department of Natural Resources (hereinafter DNR) granted the City of Crookston permission to construct two wells which would tap the same groundwater aquifers1 sought to be…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Reserve Mining Co. v. HerbstSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- McShane v. City of FaribaultSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- Petraborg v. ZontelliSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1944
- State v. KuluvarSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
- Reeves v. Backus-Brooks Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
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