Diamond Natural Resources Protection & Conservation Ass'n v. Diamond Valley Ranch, LLC

ELR Citation: 52 ELR 20072
No(s). 81224 (Nev. Jun 16, 2022)

The Nevada Supreme Court held, 4-3, that the state's top water official had authority to approve a groundwater management plan (GMP) that deviated from the doctrine of prior appropriation for the over-appropriated Diamond Valley Hydrologic Basin. Senior rights holders in the basin sought to invalida...