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OKLAHOMA WATER RES. BD. v. CENTRAL OK. MASTER CONSERVANCY DIST.

No. 42527.

464 P.2d 748 (1968)

OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD, Plaintiff in Error, and The City of Oklahoma City, a municipal corporation, Intervenor, v. CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MASTER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Supplemental Opinion on Rehearing March 4, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G.T. Blankenship, Atty. Gen. of Oklahoma, Brian H. Upp, Asst. Atty. Gen., Roy H. Semtner, Municipal Counselor, Robert H. Anderson, Asst. Municipal Counselor, for plaintiff in error and intervenor.

Sam F. Whitlock, Norman, for defendant in error.

Frank Carter, by Charles G. Huddleston, Enid, Otjen, Carter & Huddleston, Enid, of counsel, general counsel, Oklahoma Farm Bureau, amicus curiae.

Glenn O. Young, Sapulpa, for Landowners Protective Ass'n of State of Oklahoma, amicus curiae.

Dr. Joseph F. Rarick, Norman, amicus curiae.

McINERNEY, Justice.

This case presents competing claims by Oklahoma City (the City) and the Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District (the District) to the water formerly flowing in the bed of East Elm Creek, a tributary of Little River. The waters of that creek became impounded when Elm Creek Dam was completed by the City in Oct. 1965, to form what is now called Stanley Draper Lake.

The City's claim to the water...

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