Legal Opinion
El Dorado Irrigation District v. State Water Resources Control Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 8, 2006No. C046211PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ROBIE, J.
In this water rights case, El Dorado Irrigation District and El Dorado County Water Agency (jointly El Dorado) sought and received from the State Water Resources Control Board (the Board) the assignment of an application to appropriate water from the South Fork of the American River that was filed by the state more than 75 years ago, in 1927. The benefit of the assignment of this state-filed application was that El Dorado’s right to divert water would be deemed senior to other appropriative rights based on applications filed after 1927.
*943Ultimately, however, the Board decided to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- National Audubon Society v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983
- Peabody v. City of VallejoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
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