FRANCO-AMERICAN CHAROLAISE, LTD., Mack M. Braly and Claudia M. Braly, Three B Land & Cattle Company, F.E. Bateman, Charles Bateman, W.A. Cannon, Gerald Don Stewart, Hershell Chronister, Jesse Berrie, Mrs. John Prater and Jack Dunn, Appellees,
v.
The OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD and the City of Ada, Oklahoma, Appellants.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 24, 1990.
Readopted, Reissued and Rehearing Denied April 13, 1993.
Rehearing Denied June 14, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
George W. Braly, Mack M. Braly, Messrs. Braly and Braly, Tulsa, for appellees.
Dean A. Couch, R. Thomas Lay, Oklahoma City, for appellant Oklahoma Water Resources Bd.
Joseph Rarick, Messrs. Younger & Files, Ada, for appellant City of Ada.
R. Steven Horn, Tulsa, for amicus curiae Oklahoma Wildlife Federation, Inc.
Diane Pedicord, Sue Ann Nicely, Oklahoma City, for amicus curiae, Oklahoma Mun. League.
Steven E. Moore, Diane Goldschmidt, Oklahoma City, for amicus curiae, Oklahoma Gas and Elec. Co.
Jay M. Galt, Messrs. Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes, Oklahoma City, for amicus curiae, Oklahoma Rural Water Ass'n.
Robert D. Allen, Thomas Scott Jones, for amicus curiae, City of Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma City Mun. Improvement Authority.
Robert H. Anderson, Oklahoma City, for amicus curiae, McGee Creek Authority.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma.
OPALA, Justice.
This appeal challenges the constitutionality of the 1963 amendments to Oklahoma's water law insofar as the amendments regulate riparian rights.2 The case also raises a first-impression question about the interpretation of the requirements for perfecting an appropriative right under 82 O.S. 1981 § 105.12.3 We affirm the trial court's findings of...
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