Mission Viejo Co. v. Willows Water District

In these consolidated cases, the appellants, Mission Viejo Company, Highlands Ranch Development Corporation, and Centennial Water and Sanitation District (collectively, the Highlands Ranch group) appeal from an order of the District Court, Water Division 1 (water court), determining that the appellee, Willows Water District (Willows), may be issued permits for additional wells withdrawing nontributary ground water underlying the Highlands Ranch property owned by Mission Viejo. 1 The order left for future resolution other issues presented by the consolidated cases. We conclude that an appeal…