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GUITAR HOLDING CO., L.P. v. HUDSPETH CTY UNDER. WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT NO. 1

No. 06-0904.

263 S.W.3d 910 (2008)

GUITAR HOLDING COMPANY, L.P., Petitioner, v. HUDSPETH COUNTY UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT NO. 1, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 30, 2008.

Order Granting Rehearing August 29, 2008.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Hood Jr., Windle Hood Alley Norton Brittain & Jay LLP, Jeffrey S. Alley, Robert Duane Frizell, Scott, Hulse, Marshall, Feuille, Finger & Thurmond, PC, El Paso, TX, Russell S. Johnson, Carl Ryan Galant, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP, Austin, TX, Warren W. Harris, Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.

Max Renea Hicks, Law Office of Max Renea Hicks, R. Lambeth Townsend, Michael Allan Gershon, Judith Ilana McGeary, James Phillips, Lloyd Gosselink Blevins Rochelle & Townsend, P.C., Austin, TX, John C. Steinberger, C.R. Kit Bramblett, Hudspeth County Attorney, El Paso, TX, Jeffery B. Thompson, Granbury, TX, for Respondents.

Robin A. Melvin, Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, P.C., Richard W. Lowerre, Lowerre Frederick Perales Allmon & Rockwell, Dougals G. Caroom, Bickerstaff, Heath, Pollan & Caroom, L.L.P., Austin, TX, J.B. Love, Jr., Love Law office, Marathon, TX, William Richard Thompson, III, Law Offices of Deborah Hankinson, Michael V. Powell, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, Dallas, TX, Glenn D. Webb, TWA Counsel, San Antonio, TX, Evetts Haley, Jr., Midland, TX, Mark Adams Brown, San Angelo, TX, for Amici

Justice MEDINA delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Texas Water Code generally delegates the management and control of groundwater production and use to local groundwater conservation districts, vesting them with broad regulatory powers. TEX. WATER CODE §§ 36.001-.304. When exercising these powers to limit groundwater production, local districts may protect existing wells and production by continuing "historic or existing use" to the extent possible under...

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