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DEPT. OF WATER RESOURCES v. McCLENNEN

No. CV-15-0223-SA.

360 P.3d 1023 (2015)

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, an Agency of the State of Arizona; Freeport Minerals Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Petitioners, v. Hon. Crane McCLENNEN, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, Respondent. Mohave County, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed November 12, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Slowinski , Janet L. Miller , (argued), Jennifer Heim , Arizona Department of Water Resources, Phoenix, Attorneys for Arizona Department of Water Resources.

L. William Staudenmaier (argued), Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix; and Timothy Berg , Sean T. Hood , Rhett A. Billingsley , Fennemore Craig, P.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for Freeport Minerals Corporation.

John F. Munger , Adriane J. Hofmeyr (argued), Robert J. Metli , Lawrence V. Robertson, Jr. , Munger Chadwick, P.L.C., Tucson, Attorneys for Mohave County.

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, John R. Lopez IV , Solicitor General, Theresa M. Craig , Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona State Land Department.

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, John R. Lopez IV , Solicitor General, James F. Odenkirk , Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona State Game and Fish Department.

David K. Wilhelmsen , Lance B. Payette , Favour & Wilhelmsen, PLLC, Prescott, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Hualapai Tribe.

Jay Johnson , David Johnson , Central Arizona Project, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Central Arizona Water Conservation District.

John B. Weldon, Jr. , Lisa M. McKnight , Salmon Lewis & Weldon PLC, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District.

Jeffrey W. Crockett , Crockett Law Group PLLC, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae La Paz County and the Arizona Association of Counties.

Chief Justice BALES authored the opinion of the Court, in which Vice Chief Justice PELANDER, and Justices BRUTINEL, TIMMER, and BERCH (Retired) joined.

¶ 1 Under Arizona law, a right to use surface water may be acquired by appropriation. This right may be severed from the land to which it is appurtenant and, subject to the approval of the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources ("ADWR") and other conditions listed in A.R.S. § 45...

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