Teton Coop Canal Co. v. Teton Coop Reservoir Co.

Justice Beth Baker delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶1 Teton Cooperative Canal Company (Teton Canal) appeals a January 31, 2017 order of the Montana Water Court in Case 41O-132, adjudicating Teton Canal's water rights on remand from an earlier decision of this Court. Teton Cooperative Reservoir Company (Teton Reservoir) cross-appeals. We affirm.

¶2 We restate the issues on appeal as follows:

1. Whether the Water Court erred by apportioning volume limits for Teton Canal's 1890 water right claims and the junior 1936 Eureka Reservoir claims;

2. Whether the Water Court erred by removing the Eureka…