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TRINITY RIVER AUTH. v. TEXAS WATER RIGHTS COM'N

No. 11916.

481 S.W.2d 192 (1972)

TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS et al., Appellants, v. TEXAS WATER RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Booth, Clark, Thomas, Harris, Denius & Winters, Martin Harris, Mary Joe Carroll, Austin, Vinson, Elkins, Searls & Smith, Victor W. Bouldin, Clifford W. Youngblood, Houston, for appellants.

Timothy L. Brown and L. Lamar Tims for Texas Water Rights Comm.

Crawford Martin, Atty. Gen., Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel D. McDaniel, Staff Legal Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger B. Tyler, Asst. Atty. Gen., McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Joe M. Kilgore, James W. Wilson, Austin, McCall & McCall, Hamshire, Small, Herring, Craig & Werkenthin, Charles F. Herring, Fred B. Werkenthin, Lawrence S. Smith, Austin, for appellees.

O'QUINN, Justice.

This controversy began in February of 1970 with the filing of an application with the Texas Water Rights Commission by J. T. White and more than one hundred other rice farmers in Chambers, Liberty, and Jefferson Counties, whose farm lands are watered by the Devers canal system operated by the Trinity River Authority, requesting the Commission to fix reasonable rates for furnishing water for the crop years of 1970 and thereafter.

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