Washington County Water Conservancy District v. Morgan

PARRISH, Justice:

T1 In this case, we address the circumstances under which a water conservancy district has standing to bring an action for forfeiture of private water rights. Specifically, we address whether water conservancy districts have been granted special standing to press forfeiture claims without regard to whether such districts have a stake in the outcome of those claims. We also consider whether a party who protests a change application to the state engineer thereby acquires standing to assert forfeiture of water rights. Because we find that water conservancy districts have no…