Park Center Water District v. United States

This is an appeal1 from a decision of the District Court, Water Division 22 (water court), awarding the United States a reserved water right to the entire flow of water from the Park Center well (the well), with a priority date of May 29, 1936. Appellant Park Center Water District (Park Center) objected to the United States application on the basis of a decree entered by the water court in April 1973. The water court held that the United States was not bound by the 1973 decree, and that Park Center was collaterally estopped from contesting the application of the United States by virtue of the…