Idaho Power Co. v. State

ON DENIAL OF PETITION FOR REHEARING

SHEPARD, Justice.

This case involves a series of appeals from an order of the district court which granted certain motions for summary judgment, disposed of all the issues raised, and constituted a final judgment. Narrowly stated, the case involves the validity of Idaho Power’s water rights at its Swan Falls power plant on the Snake River, and the case arose when Idaho Power brought the action seeking a determination of the validity of those water rights, and that they were not subject to future upstream depletion. More broadly stated, the case involves…