Legal Opinion
Eldorado Coop Canal Co. v. Lower Teton Joint Objectors
Montana Supreme Court
Decided April 26, 2016No. DA 15-0034PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wheat
¶1 Eldorado Coop Canal Company (Eldorado), a group known as the Lower Teton Joint Objectors (LTJO), and Teton Coop Reservoir Co. (TCRC) all appeal from the Montana Water Court’s Order Amending and Adopting Master’s Report in Water Court Case 410-129B. We affirm.
ISSUES
¶2 We restate and review the parties’ following issues:
1. Did the Water Court correctly conclude that the cumulative volume of water Eldorado may divert from the Teton River for the Eldorado, Truchot, Dennis, and Beattie Rights is limited to no more than 15,000 acre-feet per year?
2. Did the Water Court err when it chose not to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Interstate Production Credit Ass'n v. DesayeMontana Supreme Court · 1991
- Joerger v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California Supreme Court · 1929
- Tucker v. Missoula Light & Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1926
- Clarke v. MasseyMontana Supreme Court · 1995
- Quigley v. McIntoshMontana Supreme Court · 1939
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Eldorado Coop Canal Co. v. Ben HogMontana Supreme Court · 2016
- City of Helena v. Community of RiminiMontana Supreme Court · 2017
- Teton Coop Canal Co. v. Teton Coop Reservoir Co.Montana Supreme Court · 2018
- Quigley v. BeckMontana Supreme Court · 2017
- Simpkins v. SpeckMontana Supreme Court · 2019
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