Soderman v. Kackley

(Ret.)

This action was instituted by plaintiffs, John Soderman, et al, to adjudicate water rights in Gravel Creek, Lincoln (Harrison) Creek, and Wayan (Wayne) Creek, all in Caribou County, Idaho. 1 Named as defendants in plaintiffs’ complaint were Dr. Evan Kackley, et al, R. Keith Higginson, Director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources (Higginson), and the United States of America through the United States Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, (United States). The United States filed an answer 2 to the complaint in which it claimed as an affirmative defense that it had…