REDROCK VALLEY RANCH, LLC v. WASHOE COUNTY

No. 55695.

254 P.3d 641 (2011)

REDROCK VALLEY RANCH, LLC, A Nevada Limited Liability Company, Appellant, v. WASHOE COUNTY, A Political Subdivision of the State of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prezant & Mollath and Stephen C. Mollath , Reno; Parsons Behle & Latimer and Ross E. de Lipkau and Alysa M. Keller , Reno, for Appellant.

Richard A. Gammick , District Attorney, and Nathan J. Edwards , Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County, for Respondent.

Thomas J. Hall , Reno, for Amici Curiae Northern Nevada Citizens for Water Conservation, Inc., Vernon R. Banks, and Paula Banks.

BEFORE CHERRY, GIBBONS and PICKERING, JJ.


OPINION

By the Court, PICKERING, J.:

Redrock Valley Ranch, LLC (RVR) proposes to export water from one hydrographic basin to another in northern Nevada. Both basins lie in Washoe County. The State Engineer approved the transfer applications, but Washoe County declined to grant RVR a special use permit for the pipelines, pump houses, and other infrastructure needed to make the water exportation plan a reality. The district court upheld the denial of...

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