Clear Springs Foods, Inc. v. Clear Lakes Trout Co.

WALTERS, Justice.

This is an appeal from the Snake River Basin Adjudication (“SRBA”) district court where Clear Lakes Trout Company, Inc. (“Appellant”) challenged the water rights of Clear Springs Foods, Inc. (“Respondent”). Appellant objected to the Idaho Department of Water Resources’ (“IDWR”) recommendation by arguing its water right derives from a separate water source distinct from the Re spondent’s water rights and therefore, even though filed subsequent to the Respondent’s water right, has priority. The SRBA district court found that the water rights of the parties derive from the same…