Legal Opinion
San Carlos Apache Tribe v. Superior Court
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided January 7, 1999No. CV-95-0161-SAPublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FELDMAN, Justice.
¶ 1 We previously accepted jurisdiction of this special action challenging the constitutionality of two legislative measures that revise many portions of Arizona’s surface water law. On remand, the trial judge held most of the statutory changes unconstitutional because they applied retroactively to affect vested property rights, thus violating the due process clause of .article II, section 4 of the Arizona Constitution, or because they violated the separation of powers clause of article III of the Arizona Constitution. For the most part, we agree and affirm.
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