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ADOBE WHITEWATER CLUB v. STATE GAME COMM'N

No. S-1-SC-38195.

519 P.3d 46 (2022)

2022-NMSC-020

ADOBE WHITEWATER CLUB OF NEW MEXICO, a non-profit corporation, New Mexico Wildlife Federation, a non-profit Corporation, and New Mexico Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, a non-profit organization, Petitioners, v. NEW MEXICO STATE GAME COMMISSION, Respondent, and Chama Troutstalkers, LLC, Rio Dulce Ranch, Z&T Cattle Company, LLC, Rancho Del Oso Pardo, Inc., River Bend Ranch, Chama III, LLC, Fenn Farm, Three Rivers Cattle Ltd., Co., Flying H. Ranch Inc., Spur Lake Cattle Co., Ballard Ranch, Dwayne and Cressie Brown, Cotham Ranch, Wapiti River Ranch, Mulcock Ranch, Wilbanks Cattle Co., 130 Ranch, WCT Ranch, the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau, Chama Peak Land Alliance, New Mexico Cattle Growers' Association, New Mexico Council of Outfitters and Guides, and Upper Pecos Watershed Association, Intervenors-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Filing Date: September 1, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gallegos Law Firm, P.C., Jake Eugene Gallegos , Santa Fe, NM, Cohen Law Firm, LLC, Seth T. Cohen , Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioners.

Hector H. Balderas , Attorney General, Tania Maestas , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP, Aaron J. Wolf , Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent.

Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Marco Estevan Gonzales , Jeremy K. Harrison , Albuquerque, NM, for Intervenors-Respondents.

Peifer, Hanson, Mullins & Baker, P.A., Mark Travis Baker , Matthew Eric Jackson , Rebekah Anne Gallegos , Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Curiae — Senator Tom Udall and Senator Martin Heinrich.

Logan M. Glasenapp , Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Curiae — New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, League of United Latin American Citizens, The Hispano Roundtable of New Mexico, Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors, The Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project.

Freedman, Boyd, Hollander, Goldberg, Urias, & Ward P.A., Joseph Goldberg , Vincent J. Ward , Michael Lee Goldberg , Christopher Allen Dodd , Albuquerque, NM, Matthew L. Garcia , Chief General Counsel, Jonathan Jacob Guss , Associate General Counsel, Santa Fe, NM, for Interested Party — Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.

OPINION

{1} This mandamus proceeding concerns the scope of the public's right to use public water flowing over private property. Article XVI, Section 2 of the New Mexico Constitution provides that "[t]he unappropriated water of every natural stream, perennial or torrential, within the state of New Mexico, ...

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