Legal Opinion
Enervest, Ltd. v. Utah State Engineer
Utah Supreme Court
Decided January 11, 2019No. 20160394PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice Himonas, opinion of the Court:
AMENDED*
INTRODUCTION
¶1 "Water rights in the State of Utah are of utmost public concern. Water, in an arid state like Utah, is its life-blood, measured in currency represented by survival itself .... This court has likened a drop of water [to] a drop of gold." Longley v. Leucadia Fin. Corp. , 2000 UT 69, ¶ 15, 9 P.3d 762 (second alteration in original) (citations omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted). Therefore, it is no surprise that, in Utah, water rights have been preserved in our state constitution, codified by our legislature, and oft-contested…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Libby, McNeill, & Libby v. City National BankCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Morrison-Knudsen Co. v. CHG International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Brown v. Division of Water Rights of the Department of Natural ResourcesUtah Supreme Court · 2010
- Washington County Water Conservancy District v. MorganUtah Supreme Court · 2003
- Jau-Fei Chen v. StewartUtah Supreme Court · 2005
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