TRI-STATE GENERATION v. D'ANTONIO

No. 32,704.

289 P.3d 1232 (2012)

2012-NMSC-039

TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent and Cross-Petitioner, v. John D'ANTONIO, Jr., New Mexico State Engineer, Defendant-Petitioner and Cross-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

November 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. King , Attorney General, Stephen Robert Farris , Assistant Attorney General, Sarah A. Bond , Assistant Attorney General, D.L. Sanders , Special Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioner and Cross-Respondent.

Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Sunny J. Nixon , Thomas A. Outler , Santa Fe, NM, Richard Allan Simms , Mesa, AZ, for Respondent and Cross-Petitioner.

Hennighausen & Olsen, L.L.P., Arnold J. Olsen , Alvin F. Jones , Roswell, NM, for Amicus Curiae Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District.

Law Office of Steven L. Hernandez, PC, Steven L. Hernandez , Las Cruces, NM, Law Office of Beverly Singleman, Beverly J. Singleman , Mesilla Park, NM, for Amici Curiae Elephant Butte Irrigation District and Carlsbad Irrigation District.

Peters Law Firm, LLC, Lee E. Peters , Las Cruces, NM, for Amicus Curiae New Mexico Cattle Growers Association.


OPINION

DANIELS, Justice.

{1} This case calls upon us to determine whether NMSA 1978, Section 72-2-9.1 (2003), provided a constitutional delegation of authority for the Office of the State Engineer to adopt new regulations to administer water resources according to administrative interim priority determinations based on a number of factors. The district court and Court of Appeals concluded that it did not and that the State Engineer's lawful...

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