IN RE RIGHTS TO THE USE OF WATER

No. 20030156.

110 P.3d 666 (2004)

2004 UT 106

In the Matter of the GENERAL DETERMINATION OF RIGHTS TO THE USE OF WATER, Both Surface and Underground, Within the Drainage Area of the Price River and of the Drainage Area of the Green River from the Confluence of the Price and Green Rivers to the Confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers Excluding the Drainage Area of the San Raphael River in Utah. Green River Canal Company, Appellee, v. Jerry D. Olds, State Engineer, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Shurtleff, Att'y Gen., Norman K. Johnson, L. Ward Wagstaff, Julie I. Valdes, Asst. Att'ys Gen. Salt Lake City, for Utah State Engineer Jerry D. Olds.

J. Craig Smith, Scott M. Ellsworth, R. Christopher Preston, Salt Lake City, for Green River Canal Company.


DURRANT, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 State Engineer Jerry D. Olds (the "State Engineer") filed this interlocutory appeal challenging the district court's conclusion that the Green River Canal Company ("GRCC") filed, in 1973, a timely objection to the Proposed Determination of Water Rights in the Price River and Lower Green River Drainage. To determine whether GRCC's 1973 objection was timely, we must decide whether section 73-4-11 of the Utah Code mandates...

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