SYLTE v. IDAHO DEPT. OF WATER RESOURCES

Docket No. 46062.

443 P.3d 252 (2019)

Gordon SYLTE, an individual; Susan Goodrich, an individual; John Sylte, an individual; and Sylte Ranch Limited Liability Company, an Idaho limited liability company, Petitioners-Appellants, v. IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES and Gary Spackman, in his capacity as the Director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources, Respondents-Respondents on Appeal, and Twin Lakes Improvement Association, Mary A. Alice, Mary F. Anderson, Mary F. Anderson, et al., Debra Andrews, John Andrews, Matthew A. Bafus, Charles & Ruth Benage, Arthur Chetlain, Jr., Clarence & Kurt Geiger Familes, Mary K. Collins/Bosch Properties, Sandra Cozzetto, Wes Crosby, James Curb, Maureen Devitis, Don Ellis, Susan Ellis, Scott Erickson, Joan Freije, Amber Hatrock, Barbara Herr, Wendy & James Hilliard, Pat & Denise Hogan, Steven & Elizabeth Holmes, Leif Houkam, Donald Jayne, Douglas I. & Bertha Mary Jayne, Terry Kiefer, Michael Knowles, Adam Kremin, Robert Kuhn, Rene Lacroix, Joan Lake-Ommen, Larry D. & Janice A. Faris Living Trust, Terry Laliberte, Patrick E. Miller, William H. Minarte, Angela Murray, David R. Nipp, John Nooney, Steve & Pam Rodgers, Kimberli Roth, David & Lori Schafer, Darwin R. Schultz, Molly Seaburg, Hal Sunday, TCRV LLC, Twin Lakes, LLC, Rick & Corrinne Van Zandt, Gerald J. Weller, Bruce & Jamie Wilson, David Ziuchkovski, Paul Finman, and Twin Lakes Flood Control District No. 17, Intervenors-Respondents on Appeal.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, April 2019 Term.

Filed: June 14, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Givens Pursley, LLP, Boise, for appellants. Michael P. Lawrence argued.

Lawrence G. Wasden , Idaho Attorney General, Boise, for respondent Idaho Department of Water Resources. Kristina Fugate argued.

Parsons Behle & Latimer, Boise, for respondents-intervenors Twin Lakes Improvement Association, et al. Norman M. Semanko argued.

Barker Rosholt Simpson, LLP, Boise, for respondent-intervenor Twin Lakes Flood Control District No. 17. Albert P. Barker argued.


This appeal concerns the distribution of water to water right 95-0734 in the Twin Lakes-Rathdrum Creek Drainage Basin. Sylte Ranch, LLC, is the current claimant on water right 95-0734, which dates from the year 1875 and provides natural flow stockwater from Rathdrum Creek. On September 20, 2016, Idaho Department of Water Resources...

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