Legal Opinion

United States v. State Engineer

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided July 24, 2001No. 32740PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

This appeal requires us to examine the scope and constitutionality of NRS 533.503, which regulates the issuance of state water appropriation permits that allow livestock to be watered on public lands. Respondent, State Engineer, State of Nevada (State *587Engineer), denied nine applications filed by the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), for stockwater permits on public lands in Douglas County, Nevada. The State Engineer issued the denials after finding that the BLM was not a qualified applicant for stockwater permits, because it could not establish…

3Cases cited6 opinions

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  4. State v. MorrosNevada Supreme Court · 1988
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