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BACHER v. STATE ENGINEER

No. 42699.

146 P.3d 793 (2006)

Mary E. BACHER; Carole L. Benner; Roxanne R. Collins; Ernest M. Dunajski; John H. Bacher; Melvin O. Benner; Elaine M. Clark; Larry V. Bowles; Katherine Bowles; Joy Hyde Fiore; Glendon Hardison; Michelle Hardison; Barbara L. Harman; Loren C. Jeglin; Nancy Knight; Warren Knight; Tom L. Knight; Keith W. Kram; Gerry L. Kram; Richard Kranz; William Loucks; Stacy Loucks; David Lowe; Barbara Lowe; Albert G. Marquis; Paul H. Muskat; Robert Nead; Mary K. Nead; John E. Nostrand; Jo E. Peterson; David C. Plymell; Sandy Valley Volunteer Fire Department; Jean M. Quillen; Kenneth Leroy Smith; Layne Rosequist; Leonard C. Smith; Patricia R. Smith; Electra Kay Smith; and Leroy D. Wilder, Appellants, v. OFFICE OF the STATE ENGINEER OF the STATE OF NEVADA, Hugh Ricci, State Engineer, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 22, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marquis & Aurbach and Albert G. Marquis, Las Vegas; Mills & Mills and Byron L. Mills, Las Vegas, for Appellants.

George Chanos, Attorney General, and Michael L. Wolz, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, for Respondent.

Bullivant Houser Bailey and Mark A. James, Las Vegas, for Amici Curiae Sierra Club and Citizen Alert.

Before MAUPIN, GIBBONS and HARDESTY, JJ.

OPINION

HARDESTY, J.

In this appeal, we consider whether an agent may properly apply for water rights permits on behalf of the actual appropriator. While we conclude that an agent may request permits based on the ultimate user's need for water, we also adopt the anti-speculation doctrine, which requires the agent to have a contractual or agency relationship with the water's appropriator. Even though the agent in this case properly applied for a water...

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